In Edwardian era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti-anarchist police corps. Lucian Gregory, an anarchistic poet, lives in the suburb of Saffron Park. Syme meets him at a party and they debate the meaning of poetry. Gregory argues that revolt is the basis of poetry. Syme demurs, insisting that the essence of poetry is not revolution, but rather law. He antagonizes Gregory by asserting that the most poetical of human creations is the timetable for the London Underground. He suggests that Gregory isn't really serious about his anarchism. This so irritates Gregory that he takes Syme to an underground anarchist meeting place, revealing that his public endorsement of anarchy is a ruse to make him seem harmless, when in fact he is an influential member of the local chapter of the European anarchist council.
A marvelous four part dramatization of the Chesterton classic.
Posted in Uploads/Whodunnit as a RAR file
Also posted - the BBC 13-part reading along with a lagniappe - the Mercury Theater presentation from 1938.
Enjoy
Holy Peters.
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Excellent. Thank you for these.
Thank you for sharing 'The Man Who Was Thursday'. I enjoyed Orson Wells' intense performance.
What follows is NOT about the generous contributor:
Thank you for sharing the radio and TV shows that I have enjoyed since finding this site in December of 2013. I appriciate the great variety that is found on the site.
I do not have TV service and use library material and internet sources for visual and auditory entertainment. 'The Man Who Was Thursday' was a double problem for me since it was a RAR file and in the uploads, which I had thought to be for something other than what it is, material that has been uploaded. I counted and I have 6 old radio sites, and they all have different ways of using the material. This site, Times Past, has multiple contributors and therefore multiple ways of accessing the material.
I had a question about where to find 'The Man Who Was Thursday' and was told it was where it was said to be - great answer, So I went back, carefully thought through, reasoned, relutantly downloaded a RAR opener. and finally was able to open the file. However, when a question is asked I wouid rather be ignored than to be given a sarcastic reply. When I asked about RAR files several months ago I was ignored!
I have many things going on in my life, as do most people. If there is something that I don't know, I ask - if I am ignored, so what. It happens. But to answer a stranger on a chat page in a sarcastic manner, why would any one bother? If you don't plan to help, please say (type) nothing.
That wasn't sarcasm. Sarcasm implies either mockery or insult. Sarcastic remarks often state the opposite of what is meant in order to imply contempt.
My answer did neither.
That was bluntness - you asked a question; you got a simple direct answer.
"Where is the file?"
I quoted the answer from the previous post.
If you were offended, the offense came from your reading, not from the answer in se.
As for RAR files, they are the most common method of encapsulating groups of files. They are used across the Internet and on UseNet and have been for years. In addition, the Upload server here does not play well with individual MP3 files so we have agreed to post the files as archives. This discussion occurred during your tenure here.
In addition, some contributors (myself included) choose to point to private servers which we maintain for other uses, in order to avoid the need to upload the same file twice. I fail to see the difficulty. Just follow the links.
Bob
A bit of a follow-up.
I just did a quick look for your "RAR question" that was allegedly ignored. That is less than accurate.
In the "Theatre 1030" thread, you asked about RAR files on May 16, 2014, and were given a comprehensive and direct answer by Rick:
https://timespast.ning.com/group/cbc-canadian-radio/forum/topics/the...
Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much
Bob, I was here and dealt with the situation. Thanks for answering the question.. I will not be on long, breathing is getting bad again. Thanks everyone for helping in my absence. ----------------------- R
Love Chesterton - could not find link to 'The Man Who Was Thursday'.
It's right where the description says it is.