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EPISODE · May 17, 2026 · 3H 54M

Porgy - DuBose Heyward

from Porgy · host DuBose Heyward

Story about Southern African American man with disabilities and the life he leads in the 1900's. - Summary by Denise Ray

Story about Southern African American man with disabilities and the life he leads in the 1900's. - Summary by Denise Ray

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Jun 19, 2026 ·53m

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Carolina Chansons: Legends of the Low Country by DuBose Heyward (1885 - 1940) and Hervey Allen (1889 - 1949) LibriVox This is a collection of poems about Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry. DuBose Heyward was a Charleston native best known for his novel Porgy, which was the basis for the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess. Hervey Allen, who later wrote Anthony Adverse, met Heyward after moving to Charleston to teach. Together they founded the Poetry Society of South Carolina, which is still active today. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden) a book every night shangjian adventure:Aces Up By: Covington ClarkeMardi Vol. 1 By: Herman Melville (1819-1891)Stolen Idols By: Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946)Mystery of the Ambush in India By: Andy AdamsShipwreck: A Story for the Young By: Fr. Joseph Spillman (1842-1905)Blake of the "Rattlesnake" By: Frederick Thomas Jane (1865-1916)Island of Appledore By: Cornelia Meigs (1884-1973)Porgy By: DuBose Heyward (1885-1940)Ranch Girls at Boarding School By: Margaret Vandercook (1877-1958)Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory By: Margaret Vandercook (1877-1958)Box-Car Children By: Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890-1979)In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers By: G. A. Henty (1832-1902)Child of the Moat By: Ian Bernard Stoughton Holborn (1872-1935)Captain Antifer By: Jules Verne (1828-1905)Haunted Hangar By: Van Powell (1886-1958)Tale of the Tow-Path By: Homer Greene (1853-1940)Clubfoot the Avenger By: Valentine Willi Peachez NPO Luister / NTR Peachez is een bloedstollende reconstructie van een fatale liefdesgeschiedenis.Een professor op zekere leeftijd leeft al zijn leven lang in zijn hoofd en de boeken die hij bestudeert. Tot hij op een dag een mailtje krijgt van een hem onbekende vrouw. Ze noemt zichzelf Sarah Peachez. Er ontspint zich een hartstochtelijke mailwisseling tussen de twee. Waar de professor niet meer op rekende gebeurt: hij vindt de liefde die zijn leven rigoureus zal veranderen. Alleen niet op de manier waarop hij in eerste instantie had gehoopt. Porgy Franssen en Maartje van de Wetering spelen met Toneelgroep Maastricht deze 3-delige reconstructie van een fatale liefdesgeschiedenis, gebaseerd op de gelijknamige roman van Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer. Tekst: Ilja Leonard PfeijfferSpel: Porgy Franssen, Maartje van de Wetering Script en theaterregie: Michel SluysmansEditor: Kees KrootPodcastregie: Marijke van der MolenProductie: Palentino Media i.s Carolina Chansons: Legends of the Low Country by DuBose Heyward Loyal Books This is a collection of poems about Charleston and the South Carolina Lowcountry. DuBose Heyward was a Charleston native best known for his novel Porgy, which was the basis for the Gershwin opera Porgy and Bess. Hervey Allen, who later wrote Anthony Adverse, met Heyward after moving to Charleston to teach. Together they founded the Poetry Society of South Carolina, which is still active today.

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Story about Southern African American man with disabilities and the life he leads in the 1900's. - Summary by Denise Ray

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