The Brother Cadfael programs have been shown in the US, as part of the PBS
Mystery series. I believe the programs are available on video now.
Best regards,
Nancy Warren
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-3200
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>Although I've never actually seen it, here in the UK there was a television
>series based on Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael, starring Sir Derek Jacobi as
>the eponymous monastic sleuth. So it would appear that monks also solved
>murders in their spare time away from the divine office(!)
>
>Don Mowbray.
>
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>>From: "James B. MacGregor" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: images of monks
>>Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 16:40:39 -0400
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>>I think that the makers of "Beano" had a television commercial featuring
>>monks (Benedictines?). The ad, if I recall correctly, was set in the
>>refectory, with lots of veggies as props, and revolved around some poor
>>brother who constantly violated his vow of silence. Entertaining and,
>>perhaps, educational.
>>
>>Jimm
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>>James B. MacGregor
>>Department of History
>>University of Cincinnati
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>> >From: Teresa Rupp <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >Subject: images of monks
>> >Date: Tue, May 16, 2000, 1:05 PM
>> >
>> >Does anyone know where I can find some popular culture images (such as
>> >advertisements) featuring monks? I'm thinking of things like the old
>> >xerox ad where the xerox machine came down from heaven into a
>> >scriptorium (in fact, I'm looking for that one in particular). My
>> >impression is that popular culture depicts monks as fat, jolly, bald men
>> >who spend all their time copying manuscripts.
>> >
>> >I'm in the process of planning a new freshman humanities course called
>> >"Origins of the West," and one of the texts is going to be Benedict's
>> >Rule. I thought acknowledging the popular image of monks would be an
>> >interesting way of introducing our discussion of what the Rule says that
>> >monks are actually supposed to do.
>> >
>> >I tried xerox.com, but no luck there.
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance,
>> >--
>> >Teresa Rupp
>> >Department of History
>> >Mount St. Mary's College
>> >Emmitsburg, MD 21727
>> >
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