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The Making of Americans: By Gertrude Stein

Marian Seldes
The Making of Americans: By Gertrude Stein
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Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes makes her third appearance in Folkways’ Poet’s Theatre Series with her reading from Gertrude Stein’s The Making of Americans. Seldes reads two passages: the first from Stein’s book (“The Making of America”) and the second from a lecture (“Lectures in America/Plays”). Stein’s friend and literary executor, Carl Van Vechten, is quoted praising the performance in the album’s cover notes: “Marian Seldes has made a beautiful record of a magnificent passage from Gertrude Stein’s Making of Americans. She has made it with clarity, beautiful speech, enthusiasm and complete success. I congratulate her and the listener.”

Track Listing

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The Making of Americans Marian Seldes 20:23
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Lectures in America Marian Seldes 20:19

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW09742, FL 9742

Year(s) Released

1963

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

Prose

Country(s)

United States

Instrument(s)

Vocals

Language(s)

English

Credit(s)

Scotti D'Arcy - Producer
 Marian Seldes - Artist
 Gertrude Stein - Author
 Richard Banks - Cover Artwork
 Carl van Vechten - Photographer (Cover)
 Irwin Rosenhouse - Designer
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