Echo (mythology) about courtly love. Such exhortations were entirely absent from the "Metamorphoses" rendition. "The Romance of the Rose" is a medieval French poem, the first section of which was written by Guillaume de Lorris in around 1230 C.E. The poem was completed by Jean de Meun in around 1275 C.E. Part of a much larger narrative, the tale of Echo and Narcissus is relayed when the central figure stumbles across the pool wherein Narcissus first glimpsed his own reflection. In this rendition, Echo is not a nymph, or a princess, but a noble lady. She fell madly in love with Narcissus,
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth the anonymous life of others, in order to grasp its sense. The BBC had been experimenting with John Logie Baird's primitive 30-line television technology since the previous year, running test transmissions both from Baird's own premises and from their own radio headquarters at Savoy Hill. In the summer of 1930 it was decided that a drama should be produced as a new test for and demonstration of the medium, and "The Man With the Flower in His Mouth" was selected for use because of its short length of around half an hour, its limited cast of only three characters and