After Many a Summer Dies the Swan - Aldous Huxley - New Theater

The action revolves around a few characters brought together by a Hollywood millionaire, Jo Stoyte. Each character represents a different attitude toward life. Stoyte, in his sixties and conscious of his mortality, is desperate to stave off death

After Many a Summer (1939) is a novel by Aldous Huxley that tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death. It was published in the United States as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California, the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture, particularly what he saw as its narcissism, superficiality, and obsession with youth

Originally Broadcast 7/29/1951

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Brave New World
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Includes an introduction by Huxley himself
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Jacob's Hands
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The Gioconda Smile
BBC Saturday Night Theatre
https://youtu.be/rrXL0zpeD4g

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