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Fighting Spirit

27/05/2012

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Words and music on the theme of fighting spirit. Readers: Alison Steadman and Peter Egan.

Alison Steadman and Peter Egan explore the theme of fighting spirit with words from Larkin, Carroll, Kipling and Shakespeare, and music by Wagner, Irving Berlin and Queen.

With just two months to go before the start of the 2012 Olympics, and inspired by the idea of what motivates athletes to compete, an exploration of the theme of fighting spirit in its many guises. 
From Aesop's famous morality tale of the hare and tortoise, through Lewis Carroll's selfish Queen domineering in a game of croquet, to Henry V's call to arms on St Crispin's Day - a range of driven characters reveal what it is that makes them tick. 

Actors Alison Steadman and Peter Egan read poetry and prose alongside music including Raymond Scott, Schubert, Wagner, Irving Berlin and Queen.

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