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Heaven and Charing Cross

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Robert Powell as Francis Thompson in a feature for radio on the life and work of the Northern poet.
Written and presented by Francis Watson
' I did not want responsibility. I do not want to be a man. It was so with Shelley. Beset, the child fled into the tower of his own soul, and raised the drawbridge ... '
Producer HERBERT SMITH BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Thompson
Presented By:
Francis Watson
Producer:
Herbert Smith
Wilfred Meynell:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Alice Meynell:
Rosalind Knight
Father:
David Marlowe
Mother:
Rosalie Williams
McMaster:
Ronald Herdman
De Quincey:
Geoffrey Banks
Everard Meynell:
Russell Dixon
Coventry Patmore:
Colin Bean
Source: Radio Times

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