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The Mysterious Mr Eliot

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

To mark the tenth anniversary of the death of T.S. Eliot, a second chance to see this television essay on the man and his work.

Sweeney Agonistes
Music by John Dankworth

The Family Reunion
Poetry spoken by T.S. Eliot and Alec McCowen

Contributors

Contributor:
Mrs Valerie Eliot
Contributor:
Miss Abigail Eliot
Contributor:
Mrs Henry Ware Eliot
Contributor:
Stephen Spender
Contributor:
Robert Lowell
Contributor:
I. A. Richards
Contributor:
Bonamy Dobree
Contributor:
Laurens van der Post
Contributor:
E. Martin Browne
Contributor:
Hope Mirrlees
Contributor:
Eleanor Hinkley
Contributor:
Frank Morley
Contributor:
Jack Eames
Music By:
John Dankworth
Speaker:
T. S. Eliot
Speaker:
Alec McCowen
Commentary:
Donald Houston
Written By:
Stephen Cross
Produced By:
Stephen Cross
Sweeney:
Ian Hogg
Wauchope:
Jim Dale
Horsfall:
Gerard Hely
Doris:
Eliza Ward
Dusty:
Elizabeth Adare
Snow:
Malcolm Hayes
Swarts:
Bill McCabe
Klipstein:
Frank Lester
Krumpacker:
Peter May
Agatha:
Catherine Lacey
Harry:
Jerome Willis
Amy:
Mary Morris
Charles:
James Ottaway
Gerald:
John Dunbar
Violet:
Brenda Duncan
Ivy:
Sheila Sinclair
Mary:
Anna Sendal
Source: Radio Times

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