RN Documentary: Pride and Prejudice
Series: RN Documentaries
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Length: 00:29:32
To be a gay man in the nineteenth century was to live in the shadows. And to be openly homosexual meant almost certain alienation from family and friends. But how does this compare to the twentieth century, a period of great social and legal change?
Three men whose lives span the majority of the twentieth century discuss their lives, while the author of 'Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century' looks at that century’s highs and lows.
By comparing the two we can see how social attitudes and norms have changed - perhaps not quite as much as we may think.
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To be a gay man in the nineteenth century was to live in the shadows. And to be openly homosexual meant almost certain alienation from family and friends. But how does this compare to the twentieth century, a period of great social and legal change? Three men whose lives span the majority of the twentieth century discuss their lives, while the author of 'Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century' looks at that century’s highs and lows. By comparing the two we can see how social attitudes and norms have changed - perhaps not quite as much as we may think.
Transcript
DOCUMENTARY : PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Producer: Chris Chambers
Dur: 29’29”
Broadcast: 23/02/05
Production no. 1003964
Music: CD Schubert Piano sonatas
David Levine
Track 2 – Andantino/sonata D959 in A major
Virgo VJ 75969429
Dur: 41”
Reading:
No-one suspects my true nature but it has done me good to be able to divulge that bizarre, oppressive secret. I hope that if I fulfil my duties as citizen, father and husband I may count myself among those who deserve something better than scorn.
Music: Schnittke Piano Quintet
1999 AFCM Ensemble
Track 7 – moderato pastorale
Naxos DDD 8.554728
Dur: 3’02”
Intro: Radio Netherlands presents Pride and Prejudice. Comparing the lives of gay men over two centuries.
Music: Snittke - as above
Graham Robb
When we first think about the life of a homosexual in the Victorian age in the nineteenth century...
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Musical Works
Music: CD Schubert Piano sonatas, David Levine, Track 2 – Andantino/sonata D959 in A major, Virgo VJ 75969429, Dur: 41”
Schnittke Piano Quintet, 1999 AFCM Ensemble, Track 7 – moderato pastorale, Naxos DDD 8.554728, Dur: 3’02”
The Early Years. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Paul van Kampen, Track 1/CD 2 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6 Pathetique, Philips classics 438524.2 (C215.101), Dur: 53”
Beethoven – The Complete Piano Sonatas, Daniel Barenboim, CD1 Track 6 Largo appassionata/sonata no.2 in A major, EMI Classics 724357291224, Dur: 30”
Noel Coward – The Master Track 8 – Dearest Love, Hallmark 300692, Dur: 50”, Beethoven – The Complete Piano Sonatas, Daniel Barenboim, CD2 Track 8 Largo e mesto/sonata no.7 in D major, EMI Classics 724357291224, Dur: 44”
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Patrick Keilty
Posted on April 24, 2005 at 11:30 AM | Permalink
Review of RN Documentary: Pride and Prejudice
Certainly contemporary, the documentary reveals a great deal about gay life of the past century. At a time when many young gay men grow up with little knowledge of their own community or history, the documentary provides a wealth of knowledge and information in an organized way.