The Autocrat - Revision history

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 * Does not seem to have been broadcast by the BBC.<ref>Nothing in the ''Radio Times'' listings at [http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk the BBC Genome Project] matches it.</ref>
-* &ldquo;In the early to mid 70's, National Public Radio and the National Endowment for the Arts financed the production of a series of radio plays, some of which were purchased from the BBC, and it was broadcast by KRAB-FM, a NPR affiliate at that time on 28th April 1974 at 7:30pm,, 5th October 1974 at 8:30pm, 30th April 1976 at 2:00pm and 18th March 1977 at 7:30pm.<ref name=krab/>
+* &ldquo;In the early to mid 70's, National Public Radio and the National Endowment for the Arts financed the production of a series of radio plays, some of which were purchased from the BBC, and it was broadcast by KRAB-FM, a NPR affiliate at that time on 28th April 1974 at 7:30pm on the 5th October 1974 at 8:30pm, 30th April 1976 at 2:00pm and 18th March 1977 at 7:30pm.<ref name=krab/>
 * Dozens of programmes in the "Earplay" series are available at<BR><TT>http://otrrlibrary.org -> Series beginning with 'E' -> Earplay NPR</TT><BR>but they do not include ''The Autocrat''.<ref>The OTRR Library catalogue was last checked on 26 May 2016.</ref>
 * The BBC Sound Archive's tape [[TRW 7379]] is missing.<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 7379]].</ref>

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 * Does not seem to have been broadcast by the BBC.<ref>Nothing in the ''Radio Times'' listings at [http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk the BBC Genome Project] matches it.</ref>
-* &ldquo;In the early to mid 70's, National Public Radio and the National Endowment for the Arts
+* &ldquo;In the early to mid 70's, National Public Radio and the National Endowment for the Arts financed the production of a series of radio plays, some of which were purchased from the BBC, and it was broadcast by KRAB-FM, a NPR affiliate at that time on 28th April 1974 at 7:30pm,, 5th October 1974 at 8:30pm, 30th April 1976 at 2:00pm and 18th March 1977 at 7:30pm.<ref name=krab/>
 * Dozens of programmes in the "Earplay" series are available at<BR><TT>http://otrrlibrary.org -> Series beginning with 'E' -> Earplay NPR</TT><BR>but they do not include ''The Autocrat''.<ref>The OTRR Library catalogue was last checked on 26 May 2016.</ref>
 * The BBC Sound Archive's tape [[TRW 7379]] is missing.<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 7379]].</ref>

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 * The BBC Sound Archive's tape [[TRW 7379]] is missing.<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 7379]].</ref>
 * [[Paul D'Andrea]] has kindly digitised his master tape and given permission for the Delian audio to be included here.
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 The play is almost all spoken voice with a few "flare" effects (which sound like bursts of filtered noise) and Delia contributes two pieces of music, one as the Intro before the speaking starts and one as the tail-out, again without a voiceover.
 ==Intro==
-A smooth, gently evolving melodic soundscape, unfortunately with an actress sobbing over the fadeout of the final sound.
+A smooth, gently evolving melodic soundscape. An actress sobs over the fadeout of the final sound.
 {{Spectrogallery|The Autocrat - Intro}}

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 =Track Listing=
-The play is almost all spoken voice with a few "flare" effects (which sound like bursts of filtered noise) and Delia contributes two pieces of music, one as the Intro before the speaking starts and one as the tail-out, again thankfully without a spoken voiceover.
+The play is almost all spoken voice with a few "flare" effects (which sound like bursts of filtered noise) and Delia contributes two pieces of music, one as the Intro before the speaking starts and one as the tail-out, again without a voiceover.
 ==Intro==
-A smooth, gently evolving melodic soundscape, unfortunately with an actress sobbing over the fadeout of the last sound.
+A smooth, gently evolving melodic soundscape, unfortunately with an actress sobbing over the fadeout of the final sound.
 {{Spectrogallery|The Autocrat - Intro}}
 ==Outro==
-"Rat Attack" is the name Paul D'Andrea gives to Delia's outro music to the play, though the sound is more similar to a symphony of seagulls' cries.
+"Rat Attack" is the name Paul D'Andrea gives to Delia's outro music, though the sound is more similar to a symphony of seagulls' cries.
 {{Spectrogallery|The Autocrat - Outro}}
 =Copyright=
-The production's copyright is owned by [[Paul D'Andrea]], the play's author and producer,<ref name=PDA/> who also says: &ldquo;If you come across any opportunities for broadcast or other presentation, either commercial or not-for-profit, do follow up. It's work that should be known. Delia's "Rat Attack" (33:00 to 35:19) is a masterpiece.&rdquo;<ref name=PDA2/>
+The play's copyright is owned by its author and producer [[Paul D'Andrea]]<ref name=PDA/> who also says: &ldquo;If you come across any opportunities for broadcast or other presentation, either commercial or not-for-profit, do follow up. It's work that should be known. Delia's "Rat Attack" (33:00 to 35:19) is a masterpiece.&rdquo;<ref name=PDA2/>
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 Delia created music for ''[[The Autocrat]]'',<ref name=TLL/> an Arts & Education Feature for radio written<ref name=endcredits>The end credits to the radio play run: "''The Autocrat'' was written by Paul D'Andrea".</ref> and produced by [[Paul D'Andrea]]<ref name=PDA>Personal communication from Paul D'Andrea, September 2016.</ref> and directed by [[Michael Rolfe]]. The "entry date" for its tape is April 1971.<ref name=TLL/>
-Though the tape catalogues and programme listings call it "''Autocrats''" or "''The Autocrats''", its correct title is "''The Autocrat''".<ref name=PDA2>Personal communication from Paul D'Andrea, June 2017.</ref><ref name=endcredits/>
+The tape catalogues and programme listings call it "''Autocrats''" or "''The Autocrats''" but its correct title is "''[[The Autocrat]]''".<ref name=endcredits/><ref name=PDA2>Personal communication from Paul D'Andrea, June 2017.</ref>
 The non-profit non-commercial, listener-sponsored Seattle radio station KRAB.FM lists, in its programme guide for April 1974,<ref name=krab>[http://www.krab.fm/ProgramGuides/KRAB-Guide-xxx-1974-04.pdf KRAB.FM's programme listing for April 1974].</ref> on Sunday 28th<ref>The 28th April 1974 was indeed a Sunday.</ref> at 7:30:

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 =Copyright=
-[[Paul D'Andrea]], the play's producer, says that the copyright is owned by him, not the BBC.<ref name=PDA/>
+The production's copyright is owned by [[Paul D'Andrea]], the play's producer,<ref name=PDA/> who also says: &ldquo;If you come across any opportunities for broadcast or other presentation, either commercial or not-for-profit, do follow up. It's work that should be known. Delia's "Rat Attack" (33:00 to 35:19) is a masterpiece.&rdquo;<ref name=PDA2/>
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