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Man copes with fear in various ways, making light or dark of it according to his temperament. Computer-governed business, certain aspects of inherited wealth and privilege, the predicament of old age-these are all subjects guaranteed to anger and frighten.
 
Man copes with fear in various ways, making light or dark of it according to his temperament. Computer-governed business, certain aspects of inherited wealth and privilege, the predicament of old age-these are all subjects guaranteed to anger and frighten.
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The world of big business with its sacred/ profane cows, its use of psychological tools in staff selection and in the dissemination of its ' media ' and goods, suggested the first of my three plays, The Applicant.<ref> James Broom Lynne writing in ''The Radio Times''.</ref>
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<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The world of big business with its sacred/profane cows, its use of psychological tools in staff selection and in the dissemination of its 'media' and goods, suggested the first of my three plays, The Applicant.<ref> James Broom Lynne writing in ''The Radio Times''.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 17:18, 7 June 2016

Delia worked on a short radio play[1] "The Applicant" by Jams Broom Lynne, produced for BBC Radio 3 by Christopher Holme.[2]

The play's author describes the play thus:

Man copes with fear in various ways, making light or dark of it according to his temperament. Computer-governed business, certain aspects of inherited wealth and privilege, the predicament of old age-these are all subjects guaranteed to anger and frighten.
   The world of big business with its sacred/profane cows, its use of psychological tools in staff selection and in the dissemination of its 'media' and goods, suggested the first of my three plays, The Applicant.[3]

Availability

  • Broadcast on 21st December 1967 at 8.50pm and 26th April 1968 on BBC Radio 3.[1]
  • In the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 6704.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 A search for "The Applicant" on the BBC Genome Project].
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6704.
  3. James Broom Lynne writing in The Radio Times.