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Sailing to Byzantium

By Niall Williams. An old man walks through a dusty and hot antiques shop, where he finds something remarkable and life-changing. Read by Dermot Crowley.

Three Irish writers choose three Yeats poems as inspiration for a story.

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Sailing to Byzantium

Niall Williams' enchanting story inspired by WB Yeats' poem about mortality and immortality.

An old man walks through a dusty and hot antiques shop where he finds something remarkable and life changing.

Credits

Writer ..... Niall Williams
Reader ..... Dermot Crowley
Producer ..... Kirsty Williams

A BBC Scotland Production for BBC Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Jun 201519:45

Credits

RoleContributor
WriterNiall Williams
ReaderDermot Crowley
ProducerKirsty Williams

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Jun 201519:45