Bernard Braden Reads Stephen Leacock
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Bernard Braden Reads Stephen Leacock is a spoken word
record, performed by Bernard Braden
, and was recorded in front of a live audience at the Oxford Union Society. John Drainie
was another performer noted for his similar one-man show as Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock
.
Spoken word
Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
record, performed by Bernard Braden
Bernard Braden
Bernard Chastey Braden was a Canadian-born English actor and comedian.Braden was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and educated at Magee Secondary School, Kerrisdale, Vancouver. He produced plays on CJOR Vancouver in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He married Barbara Kelly in 1942 and they moved...
, and was recorded in front of a live audience at the Oxford Union Society. John Drainie
John Drainie
John Robert Roy Drainie was a Canadian actor and television presenter, who was called "the greatest radio actor in the world" by Orson Welles....
was another performer noted for his similar one-man show as Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock
Stephen Butler Leacock, FRSC was an English-born Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist...
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Track listing
- "Insurance Up to Date"
- "We Have With Us Tonight"
- "The Conjurer's Revenge"
- "Impressions of London"
- "My Financial Career"
- "A Model Dialogue"
- "Oxford as I See It"
- "Save Me From My Friends"