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Roger McGough introduces selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners.

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Roger McGough presents classic works by Dylan Thomas and Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Roger McGough presents an extract from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas read by Richard Burton, and The Wreck of the Deutschland by Gerard Manley Hopkins read by Paul Scofield.

Roger McGough presents two classic works and readings. First, the opening section of Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas recorded in 1954. It's hard to resist Richard Burton inviting us to hush and 'come closer'. 
Then, Paul Scofield reads Gerard Manley Hopkins' tormented cry The Wreck of the Deutschland. Composed after the foundering of a German boat in the Thames, it was also Hopkins first poem written since his conversion to Catholicism and becoming a Jesuit priest. As Hopkins said himself, it's a poem to be read by the ears, and there is no finer rendition than this 1975 gem from the archives.
Producer: Sarah Langan.

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