Gaslight Digest Saturday, October 10 1998 Volume 01 : Number 004 In this issue: Re: Etext avail: White's western, Steele's strife and Hugo's hardship Chat: Walter Scott Re: Chat: Walter Scott Re: Chat: Walter Scott 'Lincoln Portrait' a bust Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) Napoleon article... Re: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) Chat: St Helena Institute NEW-LIST: Nevermore - discussion of the works of Edgar Allan Poe Etext avail: M.R. James' "An episode of cathedral history" W. B. M. Ferguson Re: Etext avail: M.R. James' "An episode of cathedral history" Today in History More Today in History Titanic Articles [none] WWW etext avail: Besant and Rice's "The case of Mr. Lucraft" RE: Welcome to Gaslight Chat: Another Review of Burton Bio North Amer. TV alert: _Crime and punishment_ Re: North Amer. TV alert: _Crime and punishment_ RE: North Amer. TV alert: _Crime and punishment_ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 22:09:16 -0500 From: Robert Raven <rraven(at)alaska.net> Subject: Re: Etext avail: White's western, Steele's strife and Hugo's hardship MEDS002(at)UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU wrote: > > can someone post the Litrix URL again? I'm being heavy-handed on the delete key > lately///aj wright Litrix: http://www.litrix.com Site is completely free and very friendly, with new pieces posted almost every week. Bob Raven
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Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 22:09:52 -0500 (CDT)
From: James Rogers <jetan(at)ionet.net>
Subject: Chat: Walter Scott
Under the influence of the recent network airing of _Rob Roy_, I
recently began to read the Scott novel of the same name. Previously, all
that I had encountered of this author were some of the poetry and _Ivanhoe_
which latter I found rather a stiff and dull book. I was quite surprised,
therefore, to discover that _Rob Roy_ is a very amusing and funny book. So
why has Scott fallen into such critical disrepute over the years? At the
moment I feel encouraged to read more of him.
James
James Michael Rogers
jetan(at)ionet.net
Mundus Vult Decipi
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 01:24:31 -0500 From: Robert Raven <rraven(at)alaska.net> Subject: Re: Chat: Walter Scott James, Interesting observation. Once a year I read some hoary old "classic" just to say that I've done it. Last year, quite randomly, I chose The Talisman, because I'd never read any Scott. It also turned out to be unexpectedly enjoyable, and I'm not entirely sure why. But I suspect a lot of modern readers have neglected him, and certainly he's worth a look. Bob Raven
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:44:54 +1000 From: Toni Johnson-Woods <t.johnsonwoods(at)mailbox.uq.edu.au> Subject: Re: Chat: Walter Scott If any of you are tempted .. _Heart of Midlothian_ is not bad. But may I suggest that you stay away from _Lucy of Lammermoor_ he must have needed the money to produce that one. But perhaps I read it before I was used to bad, early 19th century-write (overblown, oversentimental and overwrought)and maidens who just make you wanna thump them... cheers toni Bachelor of Contemporary Studies University of Queensland Brisbane 4072 entjohns(at)mailbox.uq.edu.au
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 08:43:20 -0400
From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)javanet.com>
Subject: 'Lincoln Portrait' a bust
Possible early Lincoln photo finds no takers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A daguerreotype claimed to be the
earliest known photograph of Abraham Lincoln failed to sell at
auction Tuesday when bidding petered out at $150,000.
The daguerreotype, made around 1843, is of a clean shaven man
with a dignified bearing who resembles Lincoln, who would have
been about 34 years old at the time.
Christie's auction house said its analysis and the opinions
of outside experts had convinced it that the man in the
photograph was Lincoln. The image would the earliest surviving
one of the 16th U.S. president.
``I have absolutely no doubt that in the future there will
be some means of identifying this piece and once and for all
deciding whether it actually is or is not Abraham Lincoln,''
Rick Wester, head of Christie's photographic department, said
after the bidding. ``My instinct is that it is and has been from the
beginning.''
Wester said he believed prospective clients had been made
''a little uneasy'' by controversy over the photograph. The lot
failed to make its reserve price after bidding quickly rose to $150,000.
The owner of the daguerreotype bought it from an antique dealer.
Daguerreotypes -- one-of-a-kind images on metal plates --
became common in 1839. This one was said to have come from the
Wadsworth family, which was related to the Lincolns throughmarriage.
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 11:02:17 -0600
From: Jerry Carlson <gmc(at)libra.pvh.org>
Subject: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly)
On a whim I happened in here from another part of the Cowles Enthusiast
website, and the first item caught my eye.
Jerry
gmc(at)libra.pvh.org
1815
Marshal Ney, one of Napoleon's most trusted field commanders,
is condemmed to death
and shot for having left the services of the King.
1826
The first railway in the United States opens at Quincy,
Massachusetts.
1849
Edgar Allan Poe, aged 40, dies a tragic death in Baltimore.
Never able to overcome his
drinking habits, he was found in a delirious condition outside
a saloon that was used as a
voting place.
1864
General Phil Sheridan wires General Ulysses Grant that he has
destroyed so much between
Winchester and Staunton that the area "will have little in it
for man or beast."
1870
French Minister of the Interior Leon Gambetta escapes besieged
Paris by balloon, hoping
to reach the French provisional government in Tours. Gambetta
is slightly wounded when
his balloon drops dangerously low over Prussian held territory,
only rising to safety after the
pilot jettisons the ballast.
1913
In attempting to find ways to lower the cost of the automobile
and make it more affordable
to ordinary Americans, Henry Ford takes note of the work of
efficiency experts like
Frederick Taylor, the "father of scientific management."
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 12:27:06 -0500 (CDT) From: AJ Wright <MEDS002(at)UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU> Subject: Napoleon article... ...ran across this ref recently for all the Napoleon buffs: *Hindmarsh JT, Corso PF. The death of Napoleon Bonaparte: a critical review of the cause. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 1998 July; 53(3):201-218 - -aj wright
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:58:08 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)gloaming.com> Subject: Re: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) >1849 >Edgar Allan Poe, aged 40, dies a tragic death in Baltimore. Never able to >overcome his drinking habits, he was found in a delirious condition >outside a saloon that was used as a voting place. Thanks Jerry, for this piece of information especially. Deborah (off to New Orleans--looking for Pere Mauvais, ghost stories and other Gumbo Ya-Ya tales) Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:19:23 -0500 From: Deborah Mattingly Conner <muse(at)iland.net> Subject: RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) Deborah -- I have a wonderful Arcadian lady next door to me here, and she mentioned the Gri-gris,(Gree-grees?) to the delight of my children. Let me know if you see any! Safe voyage, Deborah Mattingly Conner muse(at)iland.net http://www.iland.net/~muse "That which is creative must create itself" ~John Keats -----Original Message----- From: owner-gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA [mailto:owner-gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA]On Behalf Of Deborah McMillion Nering Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 12:58 PM To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA Subject: Re: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) >1849 >Edgar Allan Poe, aged 40, dies a tragic death in Baltimore. Never able to >overcome his drinking habits, he was found in a delirious condition >outside a saloon that was used as a voting place. Thanks Jerry, for this piece of information especially. Deborah (off to New Orleans--looking for Pere Mauvais, ghost stories and other Gumbo Ya-Ya tales) Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:33:21 -0500 From: Deborah Mattingly Conner <muse(at)iland.net> Subject: RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) As for Poe -- I don't know if this was brought up, but there is a new theory that he died of rabies. Poor Poe, especially if this is true. He was, after all, the victim of 'infelicitous biographers'. Regards, Deborah Mattingly Conner muse(at)iland.net http://www.iland.net/~muse "That which is creative must create itself" ~John Keats
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:00:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: James Rogers <jetan(at)ionet.net>
Subject: RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly)
At 02:33 PM 10/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>As for Poe -- I don't know if this was brought up, but there is a new theory
>that he died of rabies. Poor Poe, especially if this is true. He was,
>after all, the victim of 'infelicitous biographers'.
>
>Regards,
>Deborah Mattingly Conner
My impression is that the portrait of Poe as a raging alcoholic has
been pretty discredited over the years.
James
James Michael Rogers
jetan(at)ionet.net
Mundus Vult Decipi
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:15:04 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)gloaming.com> Subject: RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) >At 02:33 PM 10/7/98 -0500, you wrote: >>As for Poe -- I don't know if this was brought up, but there is a new theory >>that he died of rabies. Poor Poe, especially if this is true. He was, >>after all, the victim of 'infelicitous biographers'. >> >>Regards, >>Deborah Mattingly Conner > > > My impression is that the portrait of Poe as a raging alcoholic has >been pretty discredited over the years. Yes to both, but I read the treatise on the rabies and it was, IMO, ludicrous. Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:16:41 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)gloaming.com> Subject: RE: Today in History (but I'm not promising I'll do this regularly) >Deborah -- I have a wonderful Arcadian lady next door to me here, and she >mentioned the Gri-gris,(Gree-grees?) to the delight of my children. Let me >know if you see any! Did you want a gris-gris?--hmmmm? Actually, as I'm staying in a voodoo temple where there will be VooDoo drumming on Thursday night (I didn't chose it, I just want people to know--the B&B people did!!) and a VooDoo queen is only a couple doors down I could be persuaded to look into this. PS--all the chickens are white. Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 09:52:51 -0400 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)javanet.com> Subject: Chat: St Helena Institute The St Helena Institute was founded in 1997 to co-ordinate and undertake research into the Island of St Helena and its dependencies, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. The Institute also aims to foster a greater public awareness of these islands. http://www.st-helena-org.ndirect.co.uk/ Cheers, Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------- James E. Kearman mailto:jkearman(at)javanet.com http://www.javanet.com/~jkearman Why do you wander further and further? Look! All good is here. Only learn to seize your joy, For joy is always near. - --Goethe
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Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 13:22:42 -0600 From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA Subject: NEW-LIST: Nevermore - discussion of the works of Edgar Allan Poe NEW: Nevermore - discussion of the works of Edgar Allan Poe ***The NEW-LIST mailing list is a service of the Internet Scout Project < http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/>*** ***Archives for NEW-LIST can be found at < http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/new-list/index.html>*** ---------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:23:00 -0500 From: Shanna Flaschka <altaira(at)WATERVALLEY.NET> Subject: NEW: Nevermore - discussion of the works of Edgar Allan Poe New e-mail group available from http://www.onelist.com. NEVERMORE is an open, lightly moderated discussion of works of literature by Edgar Allan Poe. This includes, but is not limited to, his poetry, short stories, critical works, and his life. This isn't meant to be a "fan club," but rather an intellectual discussion of this unique 19th Century writer. To subscribe to Nevermore, just visit the following website: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/Nevermore Or send an email to the owner at altaira(at)watervalley.net with the following SUBJECT heading: SUBSCRIBE Nevermore ---------------------------------------------------------- End of NEW-LIST Digest - 4 Oct 1998 to 8 Oct 1998 - Special issue (#1998-33) *************************************************************************** *
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Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 16:10:25 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Etext avail: M.R. James' "An episode of cathedral history"
(JAMESx19.HTM) (Fiction, Chronos)
M.R. James' "An episode of cathedral history" (1931 ed.)
jamesx19.sht
By special request, M.R. James' "An episode of cathedral history"
is now available on the website and as an ASCII etext
thru FTPmail.
To retrieve the plain ASCII file,
send to: ftpmail(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
with no subject heading and completely in lowecase:
open aftp.mtroyal.ab.ca
cd /gaslight
get jamesx19.sht
or visit the Gaslight website at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/jamesx19.htm
Thanks to Keven C. who pointed out that White's "Two-gun man" was
being sent incomplete by FTPmail.
I have reloaded the file and expect that it will arrive intact for
anyone who requests it.
I have tried to test the FTPmail for each new file prior to announcing
the stories, but I can have a delay
of up to 48 hours in getting a response. The Systems Operators here
at MRC have been working on this
problem, and I got today's file in a matter of minutes. I also
received a message saying there no jobs
queued ahead of me.
Please let me know if you are experiencing any difficulties in
retrieving these files.
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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:10:23 -0500
From: "James St. Andre" <jgs3(at)midway.uchicago.edu>
Subject: W. B. M. Ferguson
Hi fellow Gassers,
months ago (some time in June, I believe) someone was interested in some
stories by W. B. M. Ferguson which appeared in the _American Magazine_.
Our library has the relevant volumes (60-61), and today I took a quick look
to make sure that the stories were there. Two are part of an abortive
series "Under the Green Lamps" ("The Bond Stealers" and "The Wire
Tappers"), one is about the NY police, and at least one of them (Friendship
of Men) has nothing to do with detection or the weird (I read it--faugh!).
I'm not surprised that there are only two pieces in the series. This
particular magazine seems to have been quite good at printing only portions
of series; in Volume 59, they ran a story by Anna Katharine Greene "The
Woman in the Alcove", and in the last installment (which goes up to the end
of chapter 10) for the volume wrote: "To be concluded." But the next
volume has nothing by her!!! They also published occasional Sherlock
Holmes stories, and there is another example of an isolated story by Meade
and Eustace in the Feb 1905 number.
I don't think that I have the time or energy to etext the Ferguson stories;
the last time I promised to do something of this sort it took months. But
I could xerox them and send them to someone willing to do so. And I might
scan in some of the illustrations by Frederick Dorrington Steele (famous
for his illus of Sherlock Holmes). Can we distribute TIFF or GIF files
through Gaslight? Is anyone interested in these? I must say that I was
very impressed by the web pages for _The Penny Magazine_, which reproduced
each page as an image.
Jim St. Andre
jgs3(at)midway.uchicago.edu
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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:24:09 -0500 (CDT)
From: James Rogers <jetan(at)ionet.net>
Subject: Re: Etext avail: M.R. James' "An episode of cathedral history"
At 04:10 PM 10/8/98 -0600, you wrote:
> jamesx19.sht
> By special request, M.R. James' "An episode of cathedral history"
> is now available on the website and as an ASCII etext
> thru FTPmail.
>
This is one of my 4 or 5 favorite James pieces, so a big "hooray"
for whoever made the request. I hope that we get to discuss this one. If you
haven't read it before, give it a roll right at about 2:30 A.M., alone, in a
removed part of the house.
James
James Michael Rogers
jetan(at)ionet.net
Mundus Vult Decipi
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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 11:18:19 -0600
From: Jerry Carlson <gmc(at)libra.pvh.org>
Subject: Today in History
1825
The first Norwegian immigrants to America arrive on the sloop
Restaurationen.
1863
Confederate cavalry raiders return to Chattanooga having
attacked Union General William
Rosecrans' supply and communication lines all around east
Tennessee.
1914
Germans take Antwerp, Belgium, after 12-day siege.
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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 11:19:56 -0600
From: Jerry Carlson <gmc(at)libra.pvh.org>
Subject: More Today in History
Born on October 9
1859
Alfred Dreyfus, French artillery officer who was falsely
accused of giving French military
secrets to foreign powers
1899
Bruce Catton, U.S. historian and journalist, famous for his
works on the Civil War
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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 23:09:22 -0400 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)javanet.com> Subject: Titanic Articles The London Times for Saturday, October 10, has several articles about the Titanic, and the movie, which must be just opening in England. The URL for the London Times is http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Times/frontpage.html?2254451 and the articles are in the section titled "Special." Cheers, Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------- James E. Kearman mailto:jkearman(at)javanet.com http://www.javanet.com/~jkearman Why do you wander further and further? Look! All good is here. Only learn to seize your joy, For joy is always near. - --Goethe
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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 09:55:19 -0600 (MDT)
From: "STEPHEN DAVIES, MT. ROYAL COLLEGE" <SDAVIES(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA>
Subject: [none]
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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 10:02:17 -0600 (MDT)
From: "STEPHEN DAVIES, MT. ROYAL COLLEGE" <SDAVIES(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA>
Subject: WWW etext avail: Besant and Rice's "The case of Mr. Lucraft"
(LUCRAFT.HTM)(Fiction, Chronos, Scheds)
Walter Besant and James Rice's "The case of Mr. Lucraft" (1875)
I'm having to substitute a story for the previously
announced story by Wilbur Daniel Steele which is not
in Cdn. Public Domain as I had supposed.
LUCRAFT.HTM
Walter Besant and James Rice's "The case of Mr.
Lucraft" (1875) tells of Luke Lucraft's predicament,
one which I am sure many people will endure this
thanksgiving weekend.
Discussion will begin Wed, 98-oct-14 in place of the
Steele story.
I cannot mount the plain ASCII version of Lucraft from
home so I will arrange this a little later this long
weekend.
Here is the URL:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/lucraft.htm
I may have send a rough copy of the Gaslight welcome
to the list at large. Please excuse me.
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:08:05 -0400 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)javanet.com> Subject: RE: Welcome to Gaslight Note that filenames must be all lowercase for this scheme to work. Ie, spoiler.lst, schedule.lst Perhaps Stephen will modify this message for future use. > > 1. VIA E-MAIL... > > There are two reading lists available from Gaslight. One is > SPOILER.LST. <.....> > RETRIEVING ETEXTS VIA EMAIL... > > To retrieve the stories from Gaslight after its filename has > been announced, send to: > > ftpmail(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > > WITH NO SUBJECT LINE in the post, the following commands: > > open aftp.mtroyal.ab.ca > cd /gaslight > get filename.txt >
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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:15:10 -0400 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)javanet.com> Subject: Chat: Another Review of Burton Bio A Rage To Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton By Mary S Lovell Little, Brown, ?25 Bella Bathurst When still alive, Burton was considered, "the most interesting figure of the 19th century"; it is not hard to see why. Fluent in 29 languages, capable - in that age of corsets and proprieties - of passing himself off as a Pathan wanderer, an Arab Hajji or an Empire gentleman, he had a mind as broad as his exploits were extraordinary. As one contemporary noted, he was a compound of, "a Benedictine monk, a Crusader and a Buccaneer". In less than two years he produced four books running to over 1,500 pages of text, wrote and translated dozens more, and - as one obituary noted - "with the exception of Australia enhanced our geographical knowledge of every continent in the world". By the age of 14, he had acquired his lifelong party trick; the ability to play four chess games simultaneously while wearing a blindfold. - ----------------------- This review is available in today's (10 October 1998) Scotsman Online, http://www.scotsman.com/index.html, "Reviews" section. If you can't get it online, send me email with "1010A" in the Subject and nothing in the message body. Cheers, Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------- James E. Kearman mailto:jkearman(at)javanet.com http://www.javanet.com/~jkearman Why do you wander further and further? Look! All good is here. Only learn to seize your joy, For joy is always near. - --Goethe
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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 20:35:26 -0600 (MDT)
From: "STEPHEN DAVIES, MT. ROYAL COLLEGE" <SDAVIES(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA>
Subject: North Amer. TV alert: _Crime and punishment_
I think _Crime and punishment_ (1998) is premiering on
NBC and CTV Sunday night. Is there any advance word on
this production?
It will star Patrick Dempsey and Ben Kingsley, fresh from
their respective successes of _Mannequin IV_ (1993) and
_Dissecting Hedda_ (1998), the latter being a dry but
critically lauded play which Kingsley helped workshop
somewhere northeast of London's West End.
We talked before about the fact that Dostoevski's name is not
being used in connection with any promotion for this show,
and the possibility that Kingsley might be playing the
old woman.
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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 23:04:48 -0400 (EDT) From: ex875(at)CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU (Lila P. Bess) Subject: Re: North Amer. TV alert: _Crime and punishment_ All we have in our cable guide is the bare minimum of advertisement but the channel has mentioned Dost. each time it has a preview. Lila - -- p
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Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 23:05:59 -0400
From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)javanet.com>
Subject: RE: North Amer. TV alert: _Crime and punishment_
Stephen said:
> I think _Crime and punishment_ (1998) is premiering on
> NBC and CTV Sunday night. Is there any advance word on
> this production?
>
> ..... <
> We talked before about the fact that Dostoevski's name is not
> being used in connection with any promotion for this show
From http://www.nbc.com/tvcentral/mms/crime/fr_crime.htm
' "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT,"
AN NBC WORLD PREMIERE MOVIE,
TO BE TELECAST OCTOBER 11
Patrick Dempsey, Ben Kingsley and Julie Delpy star in Robert Halmi, Sr.'s
Adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Classic Novel
"Crime and Punishment," a world premiere movie which re-teams executive
producer Robert Halmi, Sr. (NBC's "Merlin," "The Odyssey" and "Gulliver's
Travels") and Hallmark Entertainment with NBC, will be telecast Sunday,
October 11 (9-11:00 p.m. ET). The psychological drama, based on Fyodor
Dostoevsky's novel, one of the greatest novels ever written, stars Patrick
Dempsey ("Can't Buy Me Love"), Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley ("Gandhi")
and Julie Delpy ("Before Sunrise").
As daring now as it was more than one hundred years ago, the novel puts
forth the possibility that murder, if committed by an intellectual, may be
justified.'
Let's hope they didn't murder the story. Notice that the 'executive
producer' and the sponsor both get a big mention? That's scary. How they
compressed this novel into two hours with commercials will probably remain a
mystery to me. If murder committed by intellectuals were justified,
Hollywood would be a ghost town.
Cheers,
Jim
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Why do you wander further and further?
Look! All good is here.
Only learn to seize your joy,
For joy is always near. --Goethe
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