Dylan Thomas at the BBC
Author : Dylan Thomas
Performed By : Dylan Thomas
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours 5 minutes
Categories : Poetry
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Dylan Thomas reads his own prose and poetry in this unique collection from the archives.
Dylan Thomas is widely regarded as one of the 20th Century's most influential lyrical poets, his acclaim due in part to the idiosyncratic and surreal introspection which was his hallmark. Here Paul Ferris , biographer of both Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin, and editor of the poet's published letters, introduces a collection of fascinating archive material.
Primarily a poet, Thomas also published scripts and short stories. He publicly performed many of his works and took part in radio broadcasts. The rolling vigour of his voice, with its melodic subtlety and the almost hypnotic power of incantation, brought him almost as much fame as his poems.
The poems read include The Hand that Signed the Paper' , 'After the Funeral' and 'Poem In October' , whilst other material includes an extract from Under Milk Wood, featuring a young Richard Burton, its forerunner Quite Early One Morning , and Return Journey to Swansea , in which Thomas recalls the landscape of his youth.
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As You Like It
Author : William Shakespeare
Performed By : Full Cast Performance
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 hours
Categories : Dramatizations
Classic Literature
Shakespeare
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BBC radio has a unique heritage when it comes to Shakespeare. Since 1923. when the newly formed company broadcast its first full-length play, generations of actors and producers have honed and perfected the craft of making Shakespeare to be heard.
The trees and shrubs resonate with declarations of love and confessions of assumed identity in this exciting new production, where the intimacy of radio brilliantly recreates the closed-off, magical world of the Forest of Arden.
The play is introduced by Richard Eyre.
Revitalised, original and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.
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