The Live Literature Company's Podcast

This episode marks the 80th Anniversary of V.J. Day on August 15th 1945.  In this episode holocaust survivor, Agnes Kaposi, remembers working in hard labour in Vienna when she was 12 years old, Katrin Ebersohn reads from Woman in Berlin, Libet Williams reads from White Among the Reds, all memoirs from the end of World War 2 in Europe, and the front in India, Burma, and the Far East, and the dropping of the first atom bomb, are remembered through the diaries of Alfred Doulton written in 1945.    Podcast Editor: Wendy Morgan.   Music: Beethoven Pathetique Sonata played by Sam Haywood. Rachmaninov Moments Musicaux op 16 Andante cantabile in B minor, played by Howard Shelley.   Photo: Photo of Ben Doulton taken by Valerie Doulton.

The LLC's podcast for the 80th Anniversary of the D Day landings on June 6th 1944. In this episode 91 year old Agnes Kaposi remembers Hungary as a Jew in Spring 1944, 95 year old Micky Watkins remembers the bombing of London, and the front in India is remembered through diary extracts written by Alfred Doulton in Spring 1944.   Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan. Transcription by: Michelle Stannard   Music: Bach Cello Suite No 1, G major Prelude.   Beethoven Symphony No 7. Toscanini.   Bach Italian Concerto in F. Andras Schiff.   Lillibulero - World Service.    For the historical background, click here and enter the following code 'h6?0bQh5' to listen to David Farbey's talk on Operation Overload DDay 80 years on.   If you would like to read the transcription for this podcast, click here. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and visit The Live Literature Company website.

Following on from our second episode ‘LLC Commemorates the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day’ released in August 2020, Episode Three also features spoken extracts from 'The Fighting Cock Being the History of the 23rd Indian Division 1942-1947' by Lieut-Colonel A.J.F. Doulton. The terrible plight of the refugees is described.   Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.   The following music is used in the intro and outro: INTRO: Bach Cello Suite played by Pablo Casals. OUTRO: The Last Post played by Corporal Matthew Creek of the Royal Military College Band. Australia.    Additional music included is: Sergeant Alen Bell - 2 tin whistles Sad War Music Volume II - Only The Dead Have Seen The End Of War   Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and visit The Live Literature Company website.

Valerie is delighted to release the sixth and final episode of The Live Literature Company’s latest podcast series ‘Celebrating Companionship’.     In this episode you can hear Victoria Jeffrey talking about her personal companionship with her dog, Alfie. She also talks about her experiences of grief, life during lock down, and how important her companion Alfie has been in these difficult times.     Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.     The piece of music used in the intro/outro for this podcast is BACH CELLO SUITE No.1 G Major, Prelude played by Cooper Cannell.     Additional music included is: Sonny Rollins - Alfies Theme differently - 1966. Alfie · Dionne Warwick The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits ℗ 1967 Scepter Records Producer: Burt Bacharach Producer: Hal David Composer: Burt Bacharach Composer: Hal David.     The photo of Vicky and Alfie was taken by Valerie Doulton.     Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!

Valerie is delighted to release the fifth episode of The Live Literature Company’s latest podcast series ‘Celebrating Companionship’.   This episode is focused on the companionship of friendship. Valerie has chosen to celebrate the friendship of one particular dear friend Fiona McCracken, who is no longer alive. She first met Ona when she was a student at the now, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.   Phyllis Logan will be reading the emails written by Ona and Valerie her own emails, which they both exchanged in the last year and a half of Ona's life.   Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.   The piece of music used in the intro/outro for this podcast is BACH CELLO SUITE No.1 G Major, Prelude played by Cooper Cannell.   Additional music included is: Dashing White Sergeant, "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" by Ray Henderson, Sam Lewis and Joe Young; Played by "Two For Tea"  (feat: Wendy Morgan and Heather Simmons), “Alligator Crawl” by Fats Waller; Piano Solo 1935, Allegro by Emmet Fenn, Remembering Her by Esther Abrami and 'Rebel, Rebel' by David Bowie.    The photo of Ona was taken by Simon Annand.   Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!

Valerie is delighted to release the fourth episode of The Live Literature Company’s latest podcast series ‘Celebrating Companionship’.   This is the second episode, featuring a choice of Shakespeare's Sonnets as a companion, leading up to and celebrating Shakespeare's birthday near the end of April.   Valerie is delighted to be joined by 5 actors, Margo Cargill, Nicholas Farrell, Geraldine James, Freddie Meredith, and Wendy Morgan, who will speak personally about why they have made their sonnet companion choice, before sharing a reading of it with you.   Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.   The piece of music used in the intro/outro for this podcast is BACH CELLO SUITE No.1 G Major, Prelude played by Cooper Cannell.   Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!

Valerie is delighted to release the third episode of The Live Literature Company’s latest podcast series ‘Celebrating Companionship’.   The next 2 episodes will be feature a choice of Shakespeare's Sonnets as a companion, leading up to and celebrating Shakespeare's birthday near the end of April.   Valerie is delighted to be joined by 3 actors, Rosie Sheehy, Joshua Finan, and Jonathan Cullen, who will speak personally about why they have made their sonnet companion choice before sharing their speaking of it with you.   Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.   The piece of music used in the outtro for this podcast is called Allegro by Emmit Fenn.   Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!

Valerie is delighted to release the second episode of The Live Literature Company’s latest podcast series ‘Celebrating Companionship’.   In this episode Valerie talks about her experience as a twin and and directs a voice recording of her prose poem, 'Song of Innocence'. This is an imaginative prose poem about her time in the womb with her twin brother. This is performed by young actors, recent graduates of RADA, Rosie Sheehy and Freddie Meredith.   Bach’s Double Violin Concerto will also be played as part of this podcast.   Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!

Valerie is delighted to launch the first episode of Live Literature Company’s latest podcast series ‘Celebrating Companionship’. In this episode you can hear Wendy Morgan talking about her personal companionships. She also talks about her experience of life during the lock downs and how important her companions have been in these difficult times. At the end of this podcast Wendy performs her beautiful musical setting of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18.  Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!

We are excited to launch the last episode of our Autumn podcast series focusing on Deafness with a transcription.  This episode focuses on Beethoven for his 250th Birth Anniversary and his own deafness. Valerie is also going to talk about her own personal journey with some of Beethoven’s music. At the end of this podcast there is a beautiful piano performance by Sam Haywood of the slow movement of Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata. As a companion piece to this podcast, The Live Literature Company is also releasing on YouTube our latest Shakespeare film, ‘Shakespeare’s Kings and Queens’. Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!

We are excited to launch the next episode in our series on Deafness which focuses on Harriet Martineau, a pioneer in social and gender issues. Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us. 

We are excited to re-launch the last episode of our Autumn podcast series focusing on Deafness with a transcription. This features BSL expert, Christina Lambi and LLC's Founder and Artistic Director, Valerie Doulton, and is linked to the re-launch of our film 'Shakespeare & Sign Language' which you can view on YouTube. Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!

Following on from our first episode ‘The LLC Celebrates Wales’, we continue our summer season by focusing on the theme of war. Episode Two features spoken extracts from 'The Fighting Cock Being the History of the 23rd Indian Division 1942-1947' by Lieut-Colonel A.J.F. Doulton. Our launch today commemorates the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day – 15th August 1945. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!

We performed this recital at the Wales Millennium Centre and are sharing it with you now to coincide with the postponed Ceredigion National Eisteddfod 2020. This war piece is structured around the seven parts of David Jones’ In Parenthesis. It is performed by Gregory Cox, Fiona Evans, and Seiriol Tomos; accompanied by Hannah Gill on the piano. It is devised and directed by Valerie Doulton, Artistic Director of The Live Literature Company. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!