Synopsis
Selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners. This episode contains Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare read by Richard Pasco, The traveller by Anne Stevenson read by Sara Markland, The transportation of Clermont by Les Murray read by the poet, Dog fox field by Les Murray read by the poet, Manners of the supranation by Les Murray read by the poet, Sonnet by Vita Sackville-West read by Sara Markland, The ringed plover by Norman MacCaig read by Richard Pasco, Bats ultrasound by Les Murray read by the poet, Terra Australis by James McAuley read by Les Murray and Epilogue from The Tempest by William Shakespeare read by Sara Markland.
Poetry Please | Sonnet 130 (1998)
Selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners. Frank Delaney presents favourite poetry chosen by listeners. These include Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare read by Paul Scofield, Dirge from Cymbeline by Shakespeare read by Paul Scofield and Juliet Stevenson, Lyrics from the Chinese: 20 by Helen Waddell read by Juliet Stevenson, Lyrics from the Chinese: 15 by Helen Waddell read by Paul Scofield, Lyrics from the Chinese: 21 by Helen Waddell read by Juliet Stevenson, Lyrics from the Chinese: 32 by Helen Waddell read by Paul Scofield, Lyrics from the Chinese: 36 - Helen Waddell read by Juliet Stevenson, Lyrics from the Chinese: 34 by Helen Waddell read by Paul Scofield, Patterns by Amy Lowell read by Juliet Stevenson, Loving unsuitable people by Gavin Ewart read by Juliet Stevenson, Down by the Salley Garden by W. B. Yeats read by Paul Scofield, In memory of W. B. Yeats by W. H. Auden read by Paul Scofield, Chocolates by Louis Simpson read by Juliet Stevenson, Memorabilia by Robert Browning read by Paul Scofield and Any poet's epitaph by Elizabeth Jennings read by Juliet Stevenson.
Poetry Please | 20/06/2010
Roger McGough introduces some of the 154 sonnets of Shakespeare, plus a selection from some other 17th-century masters: John Donne, Andrew Marvell and Henry Vaughan.