Synopsis
The first in a new series of five programmes in which actor Ian McKellen presents his personal choice of poetry and prose. These include 'Tom Thumb's Alphabet', ‘Sun Rising' by John Donne, ‘Sonnet 14’ by John Donne, 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell, ‘Sonnet 61’ by William Shakespeare, 'Help' by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, ‘Letter to Cathleen Nembitt’ by Rupert Brooke, 'I Am Like A Train' by Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
Sonnets in the City | 2: Tattered Heart
In response to Shakespeare's Sonnet 61, Francesca Martinez's story about two lovers who, on a night heavy with expectation, take a late stroll to a park. Reader: Maxine Peake.
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.