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Contemporary Poetry in the Theatre (22 October)
The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour
Josephine Hart provides a commentary to poems, including 'Portrait of a Lady' and 'Hysteria' by TS Eliot, The Applicant by Syliva Plath, and 'Home Burial' by Robert Frost, read by Charles Dance, Kenneth Cranham and Elizabeth McGovern | Beyond Verse?
Gillian Beer, Edith Hall, Frank McGuinness and Ian Smith, and explore the role and standing of poetry in the contemporary theatre, taking themes for there discussion from 20th century revivals of 'poetic' theatre, new translations of classical drama, and the work of Beckett and Pinter. | ||||
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