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- BFI identifier4809
- Date1951 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisDrawings illustrate two poems: "Twa Corbies" (anon.) narrated by John Laurie, illustrated by Michael Rothenstein; "Spring and Winter" (William Shakespeare) sung by Peter Pears to music by Arne and illustrated by Mervyn Peake. (Synopsis)
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Painter and Poet No. 1 (Original)
Spring and Winter (Help search)
Twa Corbies (Help search)
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FictionThis work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsDocument: production - Papers relating to Painter and Poet No. 1 Drawings illustrate two poems: 'Twa Corbies' (anon) narrated by John Laurie, illustrated by Michael Rothenstein; 'Spring and Winter' (William Shakespeare) sung by Peter Pears to music by Arne and illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Produced by Halas & Batchelor; script by Joan Maude and Michael Warre. Sponsor: British Film Institute - HAB-1-26-2
Script - File containing: - typescript copy and carbon copy of the poem 'the Twa Corbies' (anon), with credit of Michael Rothenstein as 'painter' and John Laurie as 'narrator', no date c.1950 - 1951; - typescript carbon copy of the poem 'Spring and Winter' by William Shakespeare, no date. c.1950 - 1951 - HAB-1-26-2-1
Photograph - File containing: - two photographs of Michael Rothenstien's illustrations for 'Twa Corbies', no date, c.1951; - photograph of an owl by Mervyn Peake as part of his illustration for 'Spring and Winter', no date c.1951 - HAB-1-26-2-2
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available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- Painter and Poet
Series Work - 768148
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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Work - 4809 - 1951 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
- +Painter and Poet No. 1
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