Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade


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This extract, taken from Parodies of the works of English and American Authors, vol 1, of parodies of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade covers such topics as the Clergy, the Fairer Sex, Doctors, Engineers and many others. - Summary by Kim (1 hr 3 min)

Chapters

Introduction and Charge of the Light Brigade 2:56 Read by Emma Charlotte
Charge of the Light (Irish) Brigade 4:09 Read by Lucy Perry
"The Two Hundred" Mechanical Engineers in Dublin, 1865 4:30 Read by Lucy Perry
The Half Hundred (of Coals) 2:39 Read by Lucy Perry
The Doctor's Heavy Brigade 2:56 Read by Lucy Perry
The Charge of the Black Brigade, 1868 2:54 Read by Lucy Perry
At the Magdalen Ground 2:23 Read by Eva Davis
Charge of the Fair Brigade 2:29 Read by Sonia
The Charge of the "Bustle" 1:34 Read by Eva Davis
On the Six Hundredth Representation of " Our Boys " at the Vaudeville Theatre 3:22 Read by Eva Davis
The Vote of Six Millions 1:17 Read by Sonia
The Charge of the "Rad." Brigade 2:06 Read by Heather James
A Lay of the New Law Courts 1:28 Read by Heather James
The Latest Charge (against Mr. Biggar, M. P. , for Breach of Promise of Marriag… 1:40 Read by Sonia
The Charge of the Gownsmen at the Anti- Tobacco Lecture 2:01 Read by Heather James
The Charge of the Light Ballet 2:36 Read by Kalynda
Tragic Episode in an Omnibus 2:49 Read by Sonia
Michael Drayton on the Battle of Agincourt 1:24 Read by Eva Davis
The "Light" Cavalier's Charge 2:06 Read by Eva Davis
The Charge of the Court Brigade, 1874 3:10 Read by Sonia
The Battle of Bartlemy's, 1875 1:20 Read by Eva Davis
Charge of the Light Brigade at the Alexandra Palace Banquet, 1875 2:27 Read by Eva Davis
On the Rink, 1876 2:35 Read by Sonia
How a Hundred Guests Met their Death 1:36 Read by Sonia
"Half a League!" (Tea Advertisement) 0:57 Read by Heather James
The Last of the Light Brigade by Rudyard Kipling 3:51 Read by Emma Charlotte

Reviews

a lesson in trashing a historical battle


(0.5 stars)

for those who like to trash the british and their military history... wouldn't mind but not even funny..lots of Irish republican propoganda in a few sections