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A journey of discovery, weaving music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

A weekly journey of discovery, weaving together a range of music with poetry and prose read by leading actors.

Words and Music: Dead Meat

Dead Meat

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Literature and music that explores the opposing worlds of meat eating and vegetarianism.

The vegetarian versus the carnivore in literature and music. Actors Claire Benedict and Nicholas Farrell read words by Plutarch, Michel Faber and Ogden Nash.

The vegetarian versus the carnivore reflected in literature and music.  Actors Claire Benedict and Nicholas Farrell read words by Plutarch, Michel Faber and Ogden Nash, with music by Janacek, Vaughan Williams and Tom Waits. 

Producer: Paul Frankl

Readings:
Rattlesnake Meat - Ogden Nash
On Meat Eating - Plutarch  
Meat - August Kleinzahler
The Waves - Virginia Woolf
To Eat of Meat Joyously - Bertolt Brecht
Under the Skin - Michel Faber
The Time Machine – HG Wells
Angel – Elizabeth Taylor
Grand Union – Zadie Smith
What did I love about killing the chickens? – Ellen Bass
The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft – George Gissing
Vegan Delight - Benjamin Zephaniah

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