Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker and a washerwoman. As a young teenager, he became quite well known in Odense as a reciter of drama and as a singer. When he was fourteen, he set off for the capital, Copenhagen, determined to become a national success on the stage. He failed miserably, but made some influential friends in the capital who got him into school to remedy his lack of proper education. In 1829 his first book was published. After that, books came out at regular intervals. His stories began to be translated into English as early as 1846. Since then, numerous editions, and more recently Hollywood songs and Disney cartoons, have helped to ensure the continuing popularity of the stories in the English-speaking world.
George Zarr is an award-winning writer, producer, director, and composer from Manhattan and currently based in Chicago. He is cowriter, producer, and director of the comedy series Visit New Grimston, Anyway and the international award-winning Little Chills mystery series. He recently wrote and produced the documentary Lincoln in Letters and Music and is the writer, director, and composer of the Hans Christian Anderson musical The Bell and the four-part comedy Hurry! Hurry! It's Almost Christmas, both available from Blackstone Publishing.
George Zarr is an award-winning writer, producer, director, and composer from Manhattan and currently based in Chicago. He is cowriter, producer, and director of the comedy series Visit New Grimston, Anyway and the international award-winning Little Chills mystery series. He recently wrote and produced the documentary Lincoln in Letters and Music and is the writer, director, and composer of the Hans Christian Anderson musical The Bell and the four-part comedy Hurry! Hurry! It's Almost Christmas, both available from Blackstone Publishing.
George Zarr is an award-winning writer, producer, director, and composer from Manhattan and currently based in Chicago. He is cowriter, producer, and director of the comedy series Visit New Grimston, Anyway and the international award-winning Little Chills mystery series. He recently wrote and produced the documentary Lincoln in Letters and Music and is the writer, director, and composer of the Hans Christian Anderson musical The Bell and the four-part comedy Hurry! Hurry! It's Almost Christmas, both available from Blackstone Publishing.
Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre is made up of an eclectic group of professional, semiprofessional, and amateur talent that combines their skills to produce original and creative audio dramas for radio broadcast, podcasting,
release on CD, and downloading. Their audio dramas have been featured on numerous radio stations, podcasts, and other media outlets.
Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry,
Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by
Twenty-five Poems in 1936,
Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume,
Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote
Under Milkwood, the radio play.
During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.
In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.
Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry,
Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by
Twenty-five Poems in 1936,
Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume,
Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote
Under Milkwood, the radio play.
During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.
In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.
