A study of Richard Crashaw 's poetic style by T. 0. Beachcroft
The poems read by Marius Goring , Alan Wheatley Diana Maddox , Frank Duncan
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
This programme is not intended to dramatise the life story of Richard Crashaw (c. 1612-1649), nor to show the complete range of his poetry, secular and religious. It is a presentation of a number of his poems grouped round a central idea. Its aim is to use broadcasting to bring out a special relationship between Crashaw's elaborate baroque style and sound. The title is ftaken from one of the best known of his secular poems.