This is a program in a CBC radio series, presenting features, weather, sports, and music. This broadcast of CBC WEDNESDAY NIGHT includes segments on the following: West Indies' literature and music (introduction by James Bannerman); the selection of the last 19th century novelist, as part of the series of talks on Great Novelists, and thirdly, discussions with featured guests as part of the series - Architects of Modern Thought. Dr. Roby Kidd, Director, Canadian Association for Adult Education, interviewed by Bannerman, talks about his recent visit to the University College of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. He discusses the West Indies' rapid social, economic and educational development; how the country is reflected by its writers; and the sense of confusion and liveliness inherent in West Indian culture. A discussion between 7 West Indian writers: two playwrights, Errol John of Trinidad and Sylvia Wyner of Jamaica; and five novelists, Jan Carew and Edgar Mittelholzer of British Guiana, George Lamming of Barbados, and Samuel Selvon and V.S. Naipaul of Trinidad. Also participating is Fernando Henriques, lecturer in social anthropology, Leeds University and Stuart Hall who acts as referee. The major theme of the discussion is the challenge of writing within and for a society which is still very young and undefined. A dramatization, with music, of THE LEGEND OF NAMELESS MOUNTAIN by Jan Carew. A dramatization, with music of a folk legend about the quest of a wandering West Indian tribe for the essential elements of a good life. Contemporary West Island Poems selected and introduced by Willy Richardson. Poems are by Claude McKay, Owen Campbell, Sam Selvon, George Campbell, Derek Wolcott, E.M. Roach and George Lamming. Ready by: W. Richardson, G. Lamming, Errol John and poet Andrew Salkey. West Indian folk music selected and introduced by Ken Maxwell of the government broadcasting office in Jamaica, including the following: street cries, limbo music: Limbo, Limbo, Limbo Like Me, Time For Men Go Home, solo on a cocolute, an instrument peculiar to Grenada, a calypso welcome for Gov. Gen. Lord Hales, folk songs of St. Lucia celebrating La Fête Rose, drums from the island of Carriacou, Melvina from St. Vincent, Good Time Gal, a Jamaican work song, Jamaica Farewell, Trinidad Carnival music. Credits for WEST INDIES' POETRY AND SONG: cast, Robert Adams, Jan Carew, George Moran, Sylvia Wynter; adapted for radio by: [Robin Midgely]. As part of THE GREAT NOVELISTS series, V.S. Pritchett, British novelist and critic, discusses Gustave Flaubert's novel, Madame Bovary. This is the last segment in his series of talks on 19th century novelists. Credits for THE GREAT NOVELISTS series: producers, John McRae; Robert McCormack. George Grant, Professor, Philosophy, Dalhousie University, discusses the Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoievski, as part of THE ARCHITECTS OF MODERN THOUGHT series, for which no credits are listed. <3h>
