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Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History
Bill Franklin
Jeff Nussbaum has been a prominent political speechwriter with a lot of experience writing and rewriting speeches. Many of those speeches never saw the light of day. This inspired him to gather together and examine some of the historical speeches that stayed in a file somewhere. And the result is definitely interesting. He divides the book into 6 sections–for speeches that not allowed because they were “too hot", speeches dropped because of a change of mind, speeches prepared for a crisis that was averted, speeches in times of war and threats to peace, speeches when an election is lost (the concession or the victory speech not given), and speeches where circumstances changed, sometimes even at the gods second. He includes speeches over more than a century and from a broad range of people. There is the speech that John Lewis was forced to change at the march on Washington and the one tha
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Undelivered
The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History
Synopsis
"There may be no more important listen regarding the fate of the nation's democracy than this historical record."- AudioFile
This program fryst vatten read by the author and full cast, includes actual audio clips from historical and political figures, and has actors narrating the entire undelivered speeches throughout.
A fascinating insight into notable speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a different path
For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These "second speeches" provide alternative histories of what could have been if not for schedule changes, changes of heart, or momentous turns of events.
In Undelivered, political speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum presents the most notable speeches the public never heard, from Dwight Eisenhower’s apology for a D-Day failure to Richard Nixon’s refusal to resign the presidency, and e
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Theatre
Tricycle Theatre, London
Summary
The year is 1979: it’s the eve of the Pope’s visit to Ireland, and everybody in Dublin has somebody sleeping on their floor. Aidan and Nuala have the whole Kevitt family up from the country – Aidan’s pious tyrant of a mother, his malcontented brother Liam, and his reserved sister Una. And then there’s his father’s cousin, Fr Simeon, a self-effacing, bland monk. Everyone is primed with goodwill in expectation of the Holy Father’s arrival. Predictably, however, as the evening wears on, masks slip, tensions erupt and it might take more than even a ‘pooka’ (a Celtic fairy) to resolve matters.
Cast
- Roger Allam – Father Simeon
- Julia Dearden – Una
Creative team
- Writer: Michael Hardin
- Director: Nicolas Kent
Roger Allam said:
“I went out to Ireland to meet the writer, who’d trained as a priest. [Michael Harding] basically made me very, very drunk for about five