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Afternoon Play: Return to Lyonesse

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The true story of the brief and happy courtship that was followed by a miserable 40-year marriage between Thomas Hardy and his first wife, Emma Gifford. The scholar and poet David Constantine visits north Cornwall (or Lyonesse as Hardy called it), where the couple met and fell in love. Hardy returned there after Emma's death, a journey which inspired him to write some of the most beautiful poetry in English. Starring Oliver Ford Davies and Jane Gurnett. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
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Emma Gifford.
Unknown:
David Constantine
Unknown:
Oliver Ford Davies
Unknown:
Jane Gurnett.
Producer:
Beaty Rubens
Source: Radio Times

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