Coda: Don Bachardy at Eighty-two
With an appearance by Don Bachardy.Don Bachardy, from the home he shared with Christopher Isherwood in Santa Monica, talks about the 1979 Br...
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The Animals Podcast
Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, a celebrated novelist and a talented painter, were openly gay in conservative 1950s Hollywood. In private, they called themselves The Animals. Simon C...
Episodes
13 episodes
Episode Ten: A Meeting by the River, Directed by Anthony Page, Act II
Playful sparring between the brothers deepens to rivalry and self-doubt. Patrick’s secret love life is exposed. Spiritual darkness closes ar...
Episode Nine: A Meeting by the River, Directed by Anthony Page, Act I
Two brothers confront each other in a monastery beside the Ganges. One plans to renounce the world, the other tries to stop him. Adapted by...
A Meeting by the River: Trailer
A play by Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Eight: “Our Play”
Chris adapts a George Bernard Shaw story for the LA stage to much acclaim; Don is commissioned to paint the Queen’s cousin, the Earl of Hare...
Episode Seven: “Unfinished Work and Unfulfilled Duties”
Chris thinks increasingly about his past as he continues writing a memoir about his mother and father, Kathleen and Frank. He and Don both w...
Episode Six: David Hockney’s “Giant Portrait”
With an appearance by David Hockney. In Los Angeles, Hockney begins a portrait of Chris and Don. Don is still absent in London, and Hockney...
Episode Five: “Pandora’s Box”
David Hockney, recently settled in LA, offers his London flat to the Animals; Don is able to take a short break in England. Anthony Page hir...
Episode Four: “New Friends”
Don draws portraits of George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet company. Chris completes his ninth and final novel, A Meeting by the River,...
Episode Three: “I Want to Talk Cat-Horse Again”
Chris and Don's relationship breaks down. After ten years with Don in Santa Monica, Chris moves to San Francisco, where he works on his nove...
Episode Two: “Something Bad Has Happened”
Don’s first gallery exhibition wins praise, but his new artistic identity proves destabilizing for the Animals. He conceals a love affair fr...
Episode One: Introduction to The Animals
After studying Christopher Isherwood for more than twenty years, Katherine Bucknell receives a package from Don Bachardy—stuffed with unpubl...
The Animals Podcast: Trailer
The true love story of a writer and a painter, openly gay in 1950s Hollywood. The Animals invite you into their secret world. Hosted on Acas...