Words and Music | Yeats at 150

Duration: 1'13'45''

Synopsis

A sequence of poetry, prose and music to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the poet WB Yeats.

Further Information
Other Archive resources
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven | BBC Two | 2003

Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) | WB Yeats - He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Read by Stephen Rea.
When You Are Gone | BBC Two | 2009

My Life in Verse | When You Are Gone' by W. B. Yeats

Sheila Hancock explains how important the poem 'When You Are Old' by W. B. Yeats was in helping her recover from the death of her husband.