Peter Pan at the Players - BBC radio 26/12/2004

[Jennite]

Hi, I'm looking for the recording of a Peter Pan reading broadcasted on the BBC last year. Details here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/stageandscreen/pip/erv4d/index.shtml

"Peter Pan at the Players
Monday 27 December 2004 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)

Edward Seckerson introduces a centenary parlour reading of Peter Pan, complete with John Crook's original incidental music from the 1905 Broadway production. Specially recorded for Stage and Screen in the Edwardian splendour of New York's Players Club, with an all-star cast including Rosemary Harris, Hayley Mills, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Allinson and Matthew Blumm.

The music was arranged and conducted by John McGlinn.
Duration: 1 hour"

Did anyone catch this? Record it?

[andrew]

Afraid I neither heard it nor have it nor know how to get hold of it, other than dropping the BBC an email... in theory all their radio programmes will be online one of these days -- ah, but when???

[Jennite]

I've already e-mailed the BBC and producer Bill Lloyd replied to me saying that the program is unavailable to the public and cannot be rebroadcasted because of American musicians' union rules. Perhaps you could attempt to lobby the BBC to give you a copy or at least hand one in to the National Sound Archives. As a Barrie scholar, you probably have considerably more leverage. Mr Lloyd's e-mail is bill.lloyd@bbc.co.uk.

Unfortunately, according to this site http://creativearchive.bbc.co.uk/archives/what_is_the_creative_archive/project_timetable/index.html, it seems as if the BBC Creative Archive will only have factual material (to dodge copyright issues, probably).

[Jenniite]

It turns out that the National Sound Archives can get hold of the recording if you request it. Details here: http://jenniferehle.blogspot.com/2005/06/eureka.html

It'd be great to be able to hear it online, though.