Poetry Please | Sonnet 18 (2004)
Sonnet 18
Selections of poetry on various themes chosen by listeners. As Valentine's Day approaches, Roger McGough introduces a selection of listeners' requests on a theme that has inspired poets throughout the ages by love. These include O tell me the truth about love by W. H. Auden read by Stephen Tompkinson, Stars by Emily Bronte read by Joanne Froggatt, Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare read by Stephen Tompkinson, Love at lunchtime by Roger McGough read by the poet, First love by John Clare read by Stephen Tompkinson, Valentine by John Fuller read by Andrew Sachs, Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy read by Joanne Froggatt, February 14th by Humbert Wolfe read by Stephen Tompkinson, La belle Dame Sans Merci by Keats read by Catherine Harvey, Love after love by Derek Walcott read by Stephen Tompkinson, The old love by Katherine Tynan read by Joanne Froggatt and Lullaby by W. H. Auden read by Stephen Tompkinson.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Sonnets and Poems
- Channel: BBC Radio 4
- Duration: 27'34''
- Broadcast date: 2004
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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Poetry Please | Sonnet 18 (2005)
Selections of poetry on various themes chosen by listeners. Celebrating the BBC's November Shakespeare season, Roger McGough introduces requests for verse by the Bard, including sonnets and excerpts from the plays. These include Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare read by Bonnie Hurren, Come we to the summer by John Clare read by Bill Wallis, The barrel-organ by Alfred Noyes read by David Collins, Watering the flowers by Vernon Scannell read by Bill Wallis, The glory of the garden by Rudyard Kipling read by Bill Wallis, Just in case by Charlotte Mitchell read by Bonnie Hurren, At Grass by Philip Larkin read by Bill Wallis, Fecundity by Ros Barber read by the poet, Strawberries by Edwin Morgan read by Bill Wallis, Going downhill on a bicycle by H. C. Beeching read by David Collins, Bicycles in summer by Elizabeth Jennings read by Bonnie Hurren, Adlestrop by Edward Thomas read by David Collins and Unrest by Ella Wheeler Wilcox read by Bonnie Hurren.