by Bernard Kops
Starring Ian Holm as Ezra Pound
with Barbara Jefford, John Turner, John Carson and Sarah Badel

In Northern Italy, towards the end of the Second World War, an American army unit took into captivity a gaunt, babbling fugitive. The man was Ezra Pound, considered to be one of the greatest poets in the world. Pound was not only a propagandist for the Fascist way of life, but held strongly anti-Semitic views. He was placed in a cage, under appalling conditions, pending trial for treason. It was an experience from which he never fully recovered, alone with his conscience, his ideals, his conflicts.
Ezra Pound - visionary genius or madman?
With CYRIL SHAPS ,
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT ,
JOHN LIVESEY , JOHN WEBB , DIANA BISHOP,
ALAN DUDLEY , DAVID TIMSON , SPENCER BANKS and MARGARET ROBERTSON
Technical presentation by PETER NOVIS , assisted by MARSAIL MACCUISH and DAVID CHILTON. Directed by CHERRY COOKSON
(Ezra is currently playing at the New Half Moon Theatre, directed by Rob Walker, as part of the BBC/Arts Council scheme to commission new work for radio and the theatre)
(John Turner is in 'Evita' at the Prince Edward Theatre, London)