Dorothy Parker Audio-Video
Inside tour of the Algonquin Hotel and the Round Table itself.
Dorothy Parker's Birthplace; A National Literary Landmark on Jersey Shore
Jennifer Jason Leigh performs "In April" from Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.
Dorothy Parker made two full-length LP recordings of her work in 1964. A record company, Verve, asked her to read her poems and stories for a record called The World of Dorothy Parker (Verve V-15029). Her other LP is from Spoken Arts called An Informal Hour with Dorothy Parker (Spoken Arts 726). It is the best of the two: Parker reads more than two dozen of her favorite poems. It is from the latter that most of these audio clips are taken.
At the time of the recording sessions, Mrs. Parker was approaching age 71. Her voice ravaged by years of Chesterfields and Johnny Walker, this offers a peek at the real Mrs. Parker. She died three years after recording her work.
Special thanks to Jon Bradley Snyder of Spokane, WA, and Catherine Chodack of New Jersey for loaning me recordings of these 2 LPs. Note: The NAACP owns the copyright to these recordings, so copying them for commercial use or performance is prohibited.
New audio clips added in April 2008 on the page about The Ladies of the Corridor, including Mrs. Parker.
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Dorothy Parker Audio
| Name |
Length |
Originally Published |
| Men |
:35 |
Aug. 19, 1926, New York Life |
| Resume |
:17 |
Aug. 16, 1925, The New York World |
| One Perfect Rose |
:50 |
Jan. 4, 1923, The New York Life |
| Partial Comfort |
:17 |
Feb. 24, 1927, New York Life |
| Bohemia |
:35 |
Sept. 17, 1927, The New Yorker |
| Coda |
:34 |
March 22, 1928, New York World |
| The False Friends |
:44 |
Enough Rope |
| The Satin Dress |
1:01 |
Jan. 20, 1926, New York World |
| A Fairly Sad Tale |
1:11 |
Jan. 8, 1927, The New Yorker |
| They Part |
:30 |
Enough Rope |
| The Lady's Reward |
:56 |
April 13, 1933, NY Herald Tribune |
| The Evening Primrose |
:36 |
Aug. 24, 1929, The New Yorker |
| Afternoon |
:46 |
March 12, 1927, The New Yorker |
| The Burned Child |
:37 |
Aug. 19, 1926, New York Life |
| Recurrence |
:55 |
Aug. 28, 1925, New York World |
| Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom |
1:02 |
April 8, 1926, New York Life |
| The Counsellor; To Newcastle |
:39 |
July 28, 1927, New York Life |
| Plea |
1:08 |
April 17, 1925, The New York Life |
| The Red Dress |
:47 |
June 9, 1927, The New York Life |
| The Little Old Lady in the Lavender Silk |
1:31 |
Aug. 1, 1930, The New York World |
| The Veteran |
:48 |
Enough Rope |
| Parable for a Certain Virgin |
1:33 |
April 23, 1927, The New Yorker |
| For an Unknown Lady |
:52 |
Aug. 19, 1926, New York Life |
| Story |
:33 |
July 14, 1927, The New York Life |
| Tombstones in the Starlight |
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May 4, 1929, The New Yorker |
| I. The Minor Poet |
:25 |
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| II. The Pretty Lady |
:19 |
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| III. The Very Rich Man |
:20 |
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| IV. The Fisherwoman |
:14 |
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| V. The Crusader |
:17 |
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| VI. The Actress |
:21 |
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Other Parker Audio Clips
If you like these four samples, you can order them at the What the Hell Dorothy Parker Book Shop.
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Parker
As any good Parker fan know, JJL portrayed Dottie in Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle. On the movie soundtrack, JJL performs some of the best-loved Parker verse.
"Observation" by Jennifer Jason Leigh
Elaine Stritch reads from Selected Stories
Broadway actress Elaine Stritch reads Parker on the two-tape audio book.
Selection from "The Garter"
Shirley Booth performs Dorothy Parker Stories
Booth recorded this in 1962. An entertaining little tape that will make you smile.
Selection from "The Waltz"
Mary Coughlan, After the Fall
Mary Coughlan is a wonderful folk singer from Ireland who sets some Parker verse to music. It is superb!
Selection from "Dilemma"
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