Lost Radio Ballads include those from MacColl, Seeger, Parker, Critics Group, et al, and include (reference BBC Genome) * Off Limits (BBC - never aired), * The Iron Box (BBC - aired once), * Romeo & Juliet (BBC - aired recently, on Archive.org, * A Cry from the Cut (BBC - circulating, on Vimeo), * The Jewelry (BBC - circulating), * The Long Journey (BBC lost), * To Make A Fisherman (BBC - lost), * Gentle Easy - Flowing River(BBC - lost), * The Stone of Tory (BBC - full-scale ballad opera, broadcast from Dublin, featuring Irish rural singers and a cast from the Abbey Theatre. script survives 1951 - lost), * The Shift (BBC - aired once, now lost), * Over the Sea to Skye (BBC - A ballad opera on the flight of Prince Charlie through the Highlands, with Ewan MacColl and a cast of Scots and Hebridean folk singers 1951 - lost) * etc. Then there is the rare film "The Borderers: Where the White Lilies Grow" featurig Ewan MacColl. And another film backed by MacColl & Seeger: http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/way-we-live-fishermen And there are quite a few original Ballad Operas from Bridson, Langston, and Lomax - who - incidentally first evolved the Ballad Opera / Radio Ballad genre. These include: * The Martins and the Coys (CD at Amazon) * The Old Chisholm Trail (at http://research.culturalequity.org/home-radio.jsp) * The Man Who Went To War (Langston - script survives, audio at LOC - unavailable) * The Lonesome Train Cantata (YouTube, Archive.org) ==== New Radio Ballads are here: https://invisiblehistoriesproject.wordpress.com/our-new-radio-ballad/ ====
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