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4 — ' Ode on a Grecian Urn' by John Keats
Talk by William Walsh
The poem is read by Christopher Hassall before and after the talk
In this series critics are invited to take a single poem, or passage from a poem, and examine it in as much detail as they see fit in order to bring out the full meaning.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Keats
Talk By:
William Walsh
Read By:
Christopher Hassall

77th Lord of Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
Adapted as a play for broadcasting by the author
Incidental music composed and conducted by Arthur Oldham
Produced by Francis Dillon

Contributors

Unknown:
Mervyn Peake
Conducted By:
Arthur Oldham
Produced By:
Francis Dillon
Gormenghast:
Valentine Dyall
Sourdust:
Ronald Simpson
Sepulchrave, Earl of Groan and Lord of Gormenghast:
Edgar Norfolk
Fuchsia:
Ysanne Churchman
Flay:
Carleton Hobbs
Cora:
Betty Hardy
Clarice:
Patience Collier
Swelter:
Norman Shelley
Steerpike:
Noel Johnson
Nannie Slagg:
Marjorie Westbury
Dr Prunesquallor:
Robert Eddison
Irma:
Dorothy Holmes-Gore
The Countess:
Nicolette Bernard

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