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Montagu Slater

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Charles Montagu Slater (23 September 1902 – 19 December 1956) was an English poet, novelist, playwright and librettist. [1]

29 relations: Benjamin Britten, Coal Face, Communist party, Cumberland, England, Fiction, George Crabbe, John Grierson, Libretto, London, Magdalen College, Oxford, Millom, Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, Nine Mile Point Colliery, Novelist, Oboe, Once a Jolly Swagman, Opera, Peter Grimes, Peter Pears, Piano, Playwright, Poet, Poetry, The Brave Don't Cry, Theatre, Trades Union Congress, University of Nottingham, W. H. Auden.

Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist.

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Coal Face

Coal Face is a 1935 British documentary film short directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

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Communist party

A communist party is a political party that advocates the application of the social and economic principles of communism through state policy.

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Cumberland

Cumberland is a historic county of North West England that had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fiction

Fiction is any story or setting that is derived from imagination—in other words, not based strictly on history or fact.

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George Crabbe

George Crabbe (24 December 1754 – 3 February 1832) was an English poet, surgeon and clergyman.

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John Grierson

John Grierson CBE (26 April 1898 – 19 February 1972) was a pioneering Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film.

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Libretto

A libretto is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.

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Millom

Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon around 7 miles north of Barrow-in-Furness in southwest Cumbria, England.

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library.

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Nine Mile Point Colliery

Nine Mile Point colliery was a coal mine at Cwmfelinfach in the South Wales Valleys, originally known as "Coronation Colliery", and constructed between 1902 and 1905.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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Oboe

Oboes are a family of double reed woodwind instruments.

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Once a Jolly Swagman

Once a Jolly Swagman is a 1949 British film starring Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Bill Owen, Thora Hird and Sid James.

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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Peter Grimes

Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the narrative poem, "Peter Grimes," in George Crabbe's book The Borough.

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Peter Pears

Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears (22 June 19103 April 1986) was an English tenor.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Playwright

A playwright or dramatist (rarely dramaturge) is a person who writes plays.

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Poet

A poet is a person who creates poetry.

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Poetry

Poetry (the term derives from a variant of the Greek term, poiesis, "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning.

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The Brave Don't Cry

The Brave Don't Cry is a 1952 British drama film directed by Philip Leacock and starring John Gregson, Meg Buchanan and John Rae.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Trades Union Congress

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales, representing the majority of trade unions.

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University of Nottingham

The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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W. H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an English-American poet.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montagu_Slater

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