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Heart of Darkness: Classic Edition

Author : Joseph Conrad

Performed By : Frederick Davidson

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 4 hours

Categories : Classic Literature

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"Heart of Darkness has had an influence that goes beyond the specifically
literary. This parable of a man's 'heart of darkness' dramatized in the alleged 'Dark Continent' of
Africa transcended its late Victorian era to acquire the stature of one of the great, if troubling,
visionary works of western civilization."Joyce Carol Oates

Compelling, exotic, and suspenseful, Heart of Darkness is far more than just an adventure
story. The novel explores deep into the dark regions of the hearts and souls of its characters and
into the conflicts prevalent in more primitive cultures. It is also a striking picture of the moral
deterioration that can result from prolonged isolation.

Marlow, the story's narrator, tells his friends of an experience in the British Congo where he once
ran a river steamer for a trading company. He tells of the ivory traders' cruel exploitation of the
natives there. Chief among these is a greedy and treacherous European named Kurtz, who has
used savagery to obtain semi-divine power over the natives. While Marlow tries to get Kurtz back
down the river, Kurtz tries to justify his actions, asserting that he has seen into the very heart of
things.

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FATHER BROWN Mysteries. Episode 3 The Queer Feet

Author : G.K. Chesterton. Dramatized by M J Elliott

Performed By : The Colonial Radio Theatre

Publisher : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air

Runtime : 30 minutes

Categories : Dramatizations
Detective
Drama

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From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors and killers. Why is he so successful?     The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it.

Episode 3 THE QUEER FEET: If you meet a member of that select club, 'The Twelve True Fishermen,' entering the Vernon Hotel for the annual club dinner, you will observe, as he takes off his overcoat, that his evening coat is green and not black. If (supposing that you have the star-defying audacity to address such a being) you ask him why, he will probably answer that he does it to avoid being mistaken for a waiter. You will then retire crushed. But you will leave behind you a mystery as yet unsolved and a tale worth telling.

The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air presents

THE FATHER BROWN MYSTERIES

Starring J.T. TURNER as Father Brown. HUGH METZLER as Inspector Craven.

From the FATHER BROWN short stories by G K Chesterton

Dramatized by M J Elliott

Executive Producer MARK VANDER BERG. Directed by JERRY ROBBINS. Produced by MATTHEW McLAREN

Music by KEVIN McLEOD

(c) 2007 The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air