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'Dear loving beautiful friend....'

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

In 1952 a young violinist,
Audrey Napier-Smith , wrote a fan letter to the Poet Laureate John Masefield. So began an extraordinary correspondence which was to continue without a break until his death at 88. June Knox-Mawer talks to
Audrey Napier-Smith about their relationship and discovers in the letters a very different
Masefield from his public image. Reader DAVID GARTH
Producer CLARE SELERIE GREY

Contributors

Violinist:
Audrey Napier-Smith
Unknown:
John Masefield.
Unknown:
Audrey Napier-Smith
Reader:
David Garth
Producer:
Clare Selerie
Source: Radio Times

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