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18/03/2011

Garrison Keillor, Ginger and Black, Damian Barr

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Garrison Keillor, Ginger and Black, Damian Barr

Ian McMillan presents a special edition, featuring Garrison Keillor, and Ginger and Black.

Ian McMillan presents a special edition of Radio 3's cabaret of the word. Garrison Keillor reads from his first collection of poetry and Ginger and Black perform musical comedy.

Ian McMillan presents a live edition of Radio 3's lively language cabaret. Writer and broadcaster Garrison Keillor performs love sonnets from his first collection of poetry. The director Laurie Sansom and the actor Liz White offer a close reading of Tennessee Williams's dramatic language in his centenary year. The acerbic duo Ginger and Black perform musical comedy with a dark side and Damian Barr explains why he can often be found in his pyjamas in other people's hotel rooms, clutching a book.

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