Pastiche and Prejudice


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Arthur Bingham Walkley was an exceedingly popular critic, working as a drama critic at The Times alone for no less than 26 years, and writing for several other newspapers and privately besides that. This book of pastiches was completed after he already had more than two decades of work as a theatre critic under his belt, and it draws some brilliant characterisations. Among the literary and historical figures found in the different pastiches are such illustrious figures as Aristotle and Shakespeare, but also more modern phenomena as movies are discussed, along with politicians and other famous persons of the time. - Summary by Carolin (8 hr 9 min)

Chapters

Pastiche 10:30 Read by Ulrike Denis
An Aristotelian Fragment 7:53 Read by Jordan Watts
Mr. Shakespeare Disorderly 7:53 Read by bernadette
Sir Roger at the Russian Ballet 7:04 Read by Katherine Edman
Partridge at 'Julius Caesar' 8:44 Read by Rich Burgess
Dr. Johnson at the Stadium 8:26 Read by Rich Burgess
My Uncle Toby Puzzled 8:26 Read by Annyiee Hill
Lady Catherine and Mr. Collins 9:18 Read by Teresa D. Lee.
Mr. Pickwick at the Play 8:00 Read by ToddHW
Mr. Crichton and Mr. Littimer 9:05 Read by ToddHW
Henry James Repudiates 'The Reprobate' 8:05 Read by ToddHW
M. Bergeret on Film Censoring 9:08 Read by Ulrike Denis
The Chocolate Drama 7:54 Read by Tom Penn
Grock 8:17 Read by Jason Wright
The Function of Criticism 8:30 Read by Jason in Panama
Coterie Criticism 9:39 Read by Jason in Panama
Criticism and Creation 9:08 Read by Jason in Panama
Acting and Criticism 9:39 Read by Jason in Panama
Acting as Art 7:36 Read by Stuart Partin
Audiences 9:22 Read by Keir
First Nights 7:11 Read by DrPGould
Plays within Plays 8:15 Read by jenno
Plays of Talk 9:11 Read by Ulrike Denis
'The Beggar's Opera' 11:06 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Grand Guignolism 10:35 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
A Theatrical Forecast 9:52 Read by Jason in Panama
A Theory of Brunetière 10:05 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Disraeli and the Play 9:14 Read by Jason in Panama
Henry James and the Theatre 10:54 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Theatrical Amorism 11:13 Read by Emma Charlotte
H.B. Irving 9:42 Read by Jim Locke
The Puppets 9:52 Read by Jim Locke
Vicissitudes of Classics 8:00 Read by Kalynda
Perverted Reputations 7:22 Read by Kalynda
The Secret of Greek Art 8:23 Read by Tom Penn
A Point of Croce's 9:15 Read by Jim Locke
William Hazlitt 9:47 Read by Jim Locke
Talk at the Martello Tower 7:47 Read by DrPGould
Again at the Martello Tower 8:07 Read by DrPGould
The Silent Stage 9:51 Read by Annyiee Hill
The Movies 7:42 Read by April6090
Time and the Film 8:19 Read by Jim Locke
Futurist Dancing 9:37 Read by S.E. Ross
Hroswitha 8:27 Read by DrPGould
Pagello 8:01 Read by Jim Locke
Stendhal 9:08 Read by Ulrike Denis
Jules Lemaître 8:58 Read by Jim Locke
Jane Austen 9:15 Read by Jeni McCann
T.W. Robertson 9:41 Read by DrPGould
Versatility 9:45 Read by S.E. Ross
Women's Journals 7:17 Read by April6090
Practical Literature 8:03 Read by DrPGould
Nineteenth-Century Woman 7:27 Read by April6090
Pickles and Picards 10:42 Read by Ulrike Denis
The Business Man 8:35 Read by DrPGould