The Stanley K. Freiberg Project

The Stanley K. Freiberg Project

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The Stanley K. Freiberg Project episodes

  • Blake & Beethoven in The Tempest

    Blake, Beethoven and Tempest is a philosophical play about the poetic imagination. Through his use of literary allegory, author Stanley K. Freiberg explores the lives, works, and creative ideologies of Romantic poet William Blake, and composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

    The play is set on Prospero’s enchanted island from Shakespeare’s The Tempest where symphonies and literary characters at once materialize and then melt into thin air. Artistic influences and traditions appear and disappear from the dreamlike shared consciousness of Blake and Beethoven, both shipwrecked on the island.

    After The Hidden City, a Poem of Peru was successfully adapted for the stage and produced to critical acclaim by Julian Cervello in 2015, Freiberg knew that Cervello would also be the one to bring Blake, Beethoven and the Tempest to the stage.

    “That Julian Cervello has taken upon himself to adapt and direct the book-

    length work for stage presentation is both gratifying and remarkable. His

    skillful inclusions of Stephanie Johanson’s imaginative illustrations from the

    original work enhance the production.”

    — Stanley K. Freiberg” (The Hidden City Theatrical Programme, 2015)

    Here, Cervello reads the Preface and Opening scene of Blake, Beethoven and The Tempest. It is his hope and Freiberg’s hope that this work will also be produced in the near future.

    14 min
  • Destruction of the Petworth Dam
    Destruction of the Petworth Dam, from On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario published by Newport Bay Publishing in 2004, is read by Julian Cervello. Julian is a theatre actor and director in Victoria who has been performing in film, tv, and the stage on both sides of the country of Canada for 25 years. He has been recognized and awarded for his one man Chaucer show, Canterbury Cocktails, performed entirely in Middle English.
    23 min
  • Winter Rain chapter 1
    Winter Rain (read by Naomi Simpson) is from On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario published in 2004 by Newport Bay Publishing Limited. Winter Rain is told in 5 chapters. The book, On Gravel Roads is dedicated in Memoriam to George and Ruth Grant of Bellrock, Ontario whose ancestral farm and legacy of recollections brought these stories into being.
    53 min
  • Winter Rain chapter 2
    Winter Rain (read by Naomi Simpson) is from On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario published in 2004 by Newport Bay Publishing Limited. Winter Rain is told in 5 chapters. The book, On Gravel Roads is dedicated in Memoriam to George and Ruth Grant of Bellrock, Ontario whose ancestral farm and legacy of recollections brought these stories into being.
    25 min
  • Winter Rain Chapter 3
    Winter Rain (read by Naomi Simpson) is from On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario published in 2004 by Newport Bay Publishing Limited. Winter Rain is told in 5 chapters. The book, On Gravel Roads is dedicated in Memoriam to George and Ruth Grant of Bellrock, Ontario whose ancestral farm and legacy of recollections brought these stories into being.
    36 min
  • Houses of Holbein

    Read by Iris MacGregor Bannerman

    D‍‍r. ‍Iris studied theatre and drama at the Rose Bruford College for Speech and Drama, in London, England. Upon leaving College, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon. A veteran performer with numerous roles on stage, film, television and radio, Iris then joined the National Theatre School in Montreal in 1971 as the Head of Voice and Speech. She then went on to become the Director of the Acting Program at Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto where she wrote the highly acclaimed curriculum for the four year Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. She obtained her Ph. D. from the University of Toronto in 1995.

    Since moving west, Iris has taught with the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Victoria, Cucumber Satellite, Lyric School of Acting and now with John Cassini at Railtown. Iris has been an integral part in developing outstanding professional actors. Her book on voice entitled "Think, Breathe, Speak" is highly sought after.

    3 min
  • Summers End
    Summers End from the Baskets of Baghdad is read by Leanne Allen. Leanne Allen has been in media for twenty years as a producer, host, actor, writer, and is a single mom of two awesome kids.
    2 min

About The Stanley K. Freiberg Project

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This is The Stanley K. Freiberg Project which celebrates the poetry, short stories, plays, essays, and songs of International Who's Who author, Dr. Stanley K. Freiberg.