• Charles Montagu Slater (23 September 1902 – 19 December 1956) was an English poet, novelist, playwright, journalist, critic and librettist. One of five...
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    is an opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Montagu Slater based on the section "Peter Grimes", in George Crabbe's long narrative...
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  • William Rose and Jack Lee, based on the 1944 novel of the same title by Montagu Slater. It is centred on the sport of motorcycle speedway racing, which was...
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    Grimes, Op. 33: Opera in a prologue and three acts, 147'. Libretto by Montagu Slater, after the poem The Borough by George Crabbe. Premiered on 7 June 1945...
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    Cueto Mark Jenkinson Matthew Wilson Maurice Flitcroft Melvyn Bragg Montagu Slater Neil Ferguson Nella Last Nigel Kneale Norman Birkett Norman Gifford...
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  • Art (1935) New Poems 1952, edited by Clifford Dyment, Roy Fuller and Montagu Slater, short biography p. 164. John McIlroy, The Establishment of Intellectual...
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    shocked the puritanical Britten. Among other corpses were his librettists Montagu Slater and Eric Crozier. The latter said in 1949, "He has sometimes told me...
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  • Slater is an English language surname derived from the occupation of a slater, a tradesman who works with slate. Some notable individuals and fictional...
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    support among Kenya's anti-colonialists. In 1955, the British writer Montagu Slater—a socialist sympathetic to Kenyatta's plight—released The Trial of Jomo...
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  • National Biography, Oxford University Press, retrieved 27 Nov 2007 Montagu Slater (1955), The trial of Jomo Kenyatta. London: Secker and Warburg. ISBN 0-436-47200-7...
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  • for soprano and double bass Yorke Edition YE 0083 Clifford Dyment, Roy Fuller and Montagu Slater (editors), New Poems 1952 (1952), p. 161. Filmography...
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  • Frederick Bijurenda and Violet Mukabureza. It was written by Frankel and Montagu Slater, and produced by John Grierson for Group 3 Films. It was entered into...
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  • May 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2022. Clifford Dyment, Roy Fuller and Montagu Slater (editors), New Poems 1952 (1952), p. 163. James Kirkup. University of...
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  • Nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, 1975 Clifford Dyment, Roy Fuller and Montagu Slater (editors), New Poems 1952 (1952), p. 161. John le Carré on "The Spy...
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  • friends Alan Bush, Mary and Geraldine Peppin, Randall Swingler and Montagu Slater, and was active in the Workers' Music Association. In 1955 a contentious...
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  • 1936 music by Leevi Madetoja 1941 music by Virgil Thomson Old Spain (Montagu Slater) 1938 music by Benjamin Britten Ondine (Jean Giraudoux, 1939) music...
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  • Out of True Directed by Philip Leacock Written by Montagu Slater Produced by Frederick Wilson Starring Jane Hylton Muriel Pavlow Edited by Terry Trench...
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  • Britten (1913-1976) Peter Grimes (London, 1945), with a libretto by Montagu Slater (1902-1956) after The Borough (1810) by George Crabbe (1754-1832) 10...
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  • The Brave Don't Cry Directed by Philip Leacock Screenplay by Montagu Slater Lindsay Galloway (additional dialogue) Produced by John Grierson (executive...
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  • and continued until 1938. Left Review's editorial board was headed by Montagu Slater, Edgell Rickword, Amabel Williams-Ellis, Tom Wintringham and Randall...
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  • Hill, Charles Hobday, Holbrook, Mervyn Jones, Lindsay, Rattenbury, Montagu Slater, Swingler, E. P. Thompson; and Doris Lessing joined it. Behind the Eyes...
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  • Devil on Horseback Directed by Cyril Frankel Written by Neil Paterson Montagu Slater Geoffrey Orme Story by James Curtis Produced by John Grierson Isobel...
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    saviour in a Russian uniform. The production ran for seven months and Montagu Slater credited the play with making real political change. The theatre also...
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  • coal miners' strike in Cwmfelinfach Stay Down, Miner (1937), a play by Montagu Slater Stay Down (album), by the Smoking Popes (2008) "Stay Down" (Lil Durk...
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  • Davies in a Russian uniform. The production ran for seven months and Montagu Slater credited the play with making political change. She volunteered to help...
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  • was accompanied with music by Lennox Berkeley, a verse libretto by Montagu Slater and had Benjamin Britten playing the piano score. Also during 1938,...
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  • Poems (1940-2000), Art Ojo Nuevo, 2001. Clifford Dyment, Roy Fuller and Montagu Slater (editors), New Poems 1952 (1952), p. 159. Lawrence Durrell, New Poems...
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  • Turandot (with Giuseppe Adami) for Francesco Cilea: Il ritorno dell'amore Montagu Slater (1902–1956) for Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes Temistocle Solera (1815–1878)...
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  • Once More to Tourney, London, 1958 Clifford Dyment, Roy Fuller and Montagu Slater (editors), New Poems 1952 (1952), p. 163-4. Gazebo, "Coming down O’Connell...
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  • 27 February 1956 (1956-02-27) 123 5 "A Walk In The Wilderness" Arthur Crabtree Montagu Slater, Guy Morgan 5 March 1956 (1956-03-05) 124 6 "Welcome My Wife" Leslie...
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