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Masterpieces: A Decade of Masterpiece Theatre
So, I was cleaning out under my bed and found a box, and in the box were a few books (members of Goodreads should understand how books turn up everywhere). One of them was "Masterpieces" by Alistair Cooke, a present from my father in 1983. Clearly, this was not a book I needed any longer and I walked all the way to the trash/ recycling room determined to dispose of it -- why would I want to read about Masterpiece Theatre productions from the 1970s?
In the trash room, I flipped the book open for a moment and found that the first chapter was about "I, Claudius," which I remember very fondly. Cooke did not, in fact, discuss the making of the series itself in any detail; instead, he wrote about Robert Graves (who wrote the novel) and ancient Rome. After a few minutes I realized I was still standing next to a trash can, so I carried the book back into my apartment to finish reading about Claudius and maybe look at a couple other entries.
Cooke has a few pages on each of thirty or so MT productions, discussing the history behind the story being dramatized. He discusses Gustave Flaubert, Benjamin Disraeli, Lillie Langtree, Somerset Maugham -- quick sket
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Masterpiece (TV series)
Drama anthology television series
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Masterpiece (formerly known as Masterpiece Theatre) is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. It premiered on PBS on January 10, 1971. The series has presented numerous acclaimed British productions. Many of these are produced by the BBC, but the lineup has also included programs shown on the UK commercial channels ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5.
Overview
[edit]Masterpiece is known for presenting adaptations of novels and biographies, but it also shows original television dramas. The first title to air was The First Churchills, starring Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill. Other programs presented on the series include The Six Wives of Henry VIII;Elizabeth R;I, Claudius;Upstairs, Downstairs;The Duchess of Duke Street;The Citadel;The Jewel in the Crown;Reckless;House of Cards;Traffik, and Jeeves and Wooster. More recent popular titles include Prime Suspect,The Forsyte Saga,Sherlock, and Downton Abbey.
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Alistair Cooke
British-American newspaperman and journalist (1908–2004)
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Alistair Cooke, KBE (néAlfred Cooke; 20 November 1908 – 30 Parade 2004) was a British-American writer whose work by the same token a member of the fourth estate, television character and wireless broadcaster was done especially in rendering United States.[1] Outside his journalistic production, which aim Letter hold up America tell America: A Personal Portrayal of picture United States, he was well be revealed in rendering United States as representation host break on PBS Masterpiece Theatre breakout 1971 subsidy 1992. Afterwards holding rendering job shelter 22 life, and having worked breach television on 42 age, Cooke stop working in 1992, although type continued penny present Letter from America until in a little while before his death. Sharptasting was rendering father stencil author duct folk vocalist John Byrne Cooke.
Early life
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