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THE SPEAKING OF POETRY

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Four illustrated talks by George Rylands
I-The Voice of the Bard
George Rylands speaks about the difficulty of reading poetry to an audience. He begins by enquiring how the poets themselve met this challenge. The programme is illustrated with the recorded voices of W. B. Yeats , Sir Henry Newbolt , T. S. Eliot , and Walter de la Mare.
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 3)

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George Rylands
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Bard
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George Rylands
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W. B. Yeats
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Sir Henry Newbolt
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T. S. Eliot
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Walter de la Mare.

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