Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p A Child is Born is a poetic Christmas drama in one act by Stephen Vincent Benet. First presented on radio on December 21, 1942 as part of the anthology program Cavalcade of America, the production starred the famous husband-and-wife team of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Later, it began to be presented on television, in productions which starred such actors as Gene Lockhart and Fay Bainter.Largely written in rhyming verse, the play relates the story of the birth of Christ through the eyes of an innkeeper and his wife. The drama was presented on television many times during the Golden Age of Television, on such anthologies as Actors Studio, Lux Video Theatre, General Electric Theater and Kraft Television Theatre, but has not been seen on American television since 1956.The song "A Child is Born" was written in 1969 by the jazz trumpeter Thad Jones and Alec Wilder. It has been recorded by a number of musicians including Tony Bennett, Richard Davis, Kenny Burrell, Bill Evans, and Hank Jones.. }
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- A_Child_Is_Born abstract "A Child is Born is a poetic Christmas drama in one act by Stephen Vincent Benet. First presented on radio on December 21, 1942 as part of the anthology program Cavalcade of America, the production starred the famous husband-and-wife team of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Later, it began to be presented on television, in productions which starred such actors as Gene Lockhart and Fay Bainter.Largely written in rhyming verse, the play relates the story of the birth of Christ through the eyes of an innkeeper and his wife. The drama was presented on television many times during the Golden Age of Television, on such anthologies as Actors Studio, Lux Video Theatre, General Electric Theater and Kraft Television Theatre, but has not been seen on American television since 1956.The song "A Child is Born" was written in 1969 by the jazz trumpeter Thad Jones and Alec Wilder. It has been recorded by a number of musicians including Tony Bennett, Richard Davis, Kenny Burrell, Bill Evans, and Hank Jones.".