*Opening Banter* 1:25 Letters “The immediate breadth of life” 2:05 The people on stage 4:18 The Importance of Letters • “They catch a moment” • Help you build historical fiction worlds 7:44 • “I couldn’t finish the essay because I was dead” *Christmas Letter, 1914* (8:45) 12:27 Analysis/Commentary *To Jessica Midler. From Rosa Parks* (13:37, 14:53) 16:17 Analysis/Commentary *Vladimir Lenin to the Bolsheviks of Penzar* (18:17, 19:24) 21:02 Analysis/Commentary *Babur to Humayan, 1529* (23:45, 24:40) 26:11 Analysis/Commentary *Vilma Grimwuld to her husband Kurt* (29:24, 31:53) 33:57 Analysis/Commentary *Michaelangelo, on creativity* (36:02, 37:37) “I am not a painter” 39:00 Analysis/Commentary *Sarah Burnhart To Mrs. Patrick Cambell Kate* (40:29, 42:22) *Maria Theresa To Marie Antoinette* (42:56, 44:36) 48:27 Analysis/Commentary *Frida Kalo to Diego Rivera* (50:16, 51:49) *Catherine The Great And Prince Poltempkin* (52:52, 55:05) *Simon Bolivar And Manuela* (59:54, 1:01:37) *Alan Turing And Norman Rutledge, 1950* (1:04:36, 1:06:28) 1:10:57 Questions 1:14:24 Preservation of handwriting 1:16:48 1:19:27 Letters Back In fashion? 1:20:40 Dwight Eisenhower *Lenard Cohen* (1:23:20, 1:25:20)
@Michael Pisciarino - THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH for taking the time to put out the “Table or Contents” so we don’t have to waste time on the B.S. MUCH APPRECIATED!!
This was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The commentators did a great job setting up the situation and providing historical context to the epistles and the actors did a great job reading their assigned letters and quite positively embodied their characters. And my Lord, what a beautiful woman Jade Anouka is!
My oh my, you really need to be prepared for the storm of emotions especially by the letter read so beautifully at 31:53. Start at 29:25 to hear what it is about...
Well, if the letter that Tamsin read out from the Jewish woman recently separated from her family during WWII doesn't break your heart then I very much doubt you have one! I shall get the book and I shall hear all the voices of these wonderful actors in all of them.
@@Intelligence-Squared Oh! I enjoyed it so much. I bought it from Amazon roughly 0.0006 seconds after watching it. All the actors were wonderful but a special mention for the dazzling Tamsin Greig, whom I've seen in the theatre, on film and on TV. She always brings the unexpected moments, the sort of things other actors would gloss over, she brings emphasis to. She's not only profoundly moving but delights in the ridiculous and silly. too.
Tamsin was the only one who read incontext of the letter. She certainly spoke on the behalf of the author by bringing out the deeper feeling of that exact moment the letter was written. Not an easy task.
I envy you. My last letter resulted in the recipient saying to cease writing letters as they hated writing replies and then felt guilty. If you know anyone who'd like to be a pen pal, yourself included, do email me at cjanepatterson99@ yahoo.com and then only handwritten letters. I may have misunderstood- it now occurs to me- are your letters emails? Nice but it has no feel or smell and can't be wrapoed in a ribbon and secreted away!
When Kate Mosse introduced Babar, she made him sound like a peacemaker, whereas he killed thousands of Hindus and other non-Muslims living in the Subcontinent and destroyed many Hindu temples all along his path. The compassionate, tolerant letter written to his son Humayun, does not reflect the reality of Babar's conquests, that followed the prophet's Medina verses, which were violent and not tolerant, whereas his letter reflected the Mecca verses of the Prophet which were more conciliatory regarding non-Muslims. One-sided presentation, which is unfortunately the usual way the historical method unfolds, especially when addressing the Islamic invasions of India. The presenters describe Babar as a tolerant ruler, "from whom the current rulers of India could learn." This is pitiful propaganda!! "The current leaders of the world could learn from Babar." They could could learn hypocrisy, and the Islamic practice of "talaiyya".
Yvette Rani Rossetti: I cannot help but wonder whether the letter we just heard could have been the result of hard lessons learned of his own abject cruelty, which might have taught him compassion. Was there much time elapsed between the time that he did these terrible things, and the time that he found himself at that point in life where he had to prepare his son to take over in his stead, that made it paramount in terms of importance to him to prevent his son from making the Single most catastrophic mistake of his own life? I can only admit up front that I am woefully ignorant of the history of that area of the world, so I’ll also have to rely on your knowledge as to whether he suffered a major consequence to himself after doing such horrible things to his own subjects? Thank you for your corrective comment.
Yes, I agree. I was looking for it myself as well. I was looking for I Corinthians 13 or Romans 12. Could this be ignorance? Where is "Letter from Birmingham Jail?"
Nina Desianti: Everybody likes to receive beautiful Love letters, but at a time when English grammar and semantic options are being less frequently taught in schools, if at all, and more people are choosing to watch the screens instead of reading great works of the literary masters, so few are willing to learn how to write beautifully, much less use those skills to commit any of love’s many and finer aspects to paper.
BUENAS NOCHES ! LA SENORA DE NEGRO ! UNA PERSONA MUY DULCE Y TRANSPARENTE , SE VE MUCHA DELICADESA , EN ELLA ! RECIBAN TANTOS SALUDOS DE PARTE DE MUNDIAL ETERNAMENTE E INSUSTITUIBLE RUTH REMIGIA RAMIREZ CHIRIBOGA !!
Any list that doesn't include "Letters fmFrom A Father To His Daughter" by India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru to 10 year old Indira Priyadarshini, among "Letters That Changed The World",is an exercise in mediocrity.
@@dianedevery3711 Sure, but there is no guarantee that under a different system the environment would have been in a better condition. Just look at USSR or modern China
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