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Description
This programme consists of extracts from a play by Michael Ignatieff, "Dialogue in the dark".
This programme consists of extracts from a play by Michael Ignatieff, "Dialogue in the dark".
| Module code and title: | A206, The Enlightenment |
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| Item code: | A206; 10 |
| First transmission date: | 1993 |
| Published: | 1993 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:20 |
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| Producer: | Robert Philip |
| Contributors: | Rosalind Hursthouse; Alec McCowen; David Rintoul |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | David Hume; Death; Evil; God; James Boswell |
| Subject terms: | Future life; God--Proof; Good and evil; Theodicy; Boswell, James, 1740-1795; Hume, David, 1711-1776; Ignatieff, Michael. Dialogue in the Dark |
| Footage description: | Footage - Montage of stills showing actors as James Boswell and John Hume from "Dialogue in the dark". Title: "Extracts from dialogue in the dark" (0'23"-1'45") - Actors dressed in 18th century costume as John Hume and James Boswell in conversation sitting at a dining table lit by candlelight. Fade to black (1'46"-10'14") - Actors playing Hume and Boswell seated at table. Boswell leaves table and sits at a window. Hume dips bread into soup and eats in between conversation. Boswell returns to table. Fade to black (10'15"-14'39") - Actors playing Hume and Boswell seated at table. Boswell writes down what Hume is saying in his notebook. Fade to black (14'40"-17'40") - Actors playing Hume and Boswell seated in armchairs opposite each other. Boswell stokes the fire. Boswell sits at the window behind Hume. Boswell assists Hume with a glass of wine. Boswell reads aloud to Hume (17'41"-24'17"). |
| Master spool number: | HOU7275 |
| Production number: | FOUA395D |
| Videofinder number: | 4728 |
| Available to public: | no |
