Gothic Poetry
Roger McGough gets eerie with selection of gothic poetry from Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, Christina Rossetti and Percy Shelley. With archive recordings from Sir John Gielgud and Robert Donat, as well as readings by Ariyon Bakare, Jasmine Hyde and Shirley Henderson. Producer Sally Heaven.
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The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe
From: Bartleby.com
Ode To The West Wind
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
From: Shelley’s Poetry and Prose
Pub: A Norton Critical Edition 2002
The Sick Rose
by William Blake
From: From Blake's Poetical Works
Pub: OUP 1934
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
by John Keats
From: Keats’s Poetry and Prose
Pub: A Norton Critical Edition, 2009
Annabel Lee
by Edgar Allan Poe
From: Bartleby.com
The Moon and The Yew Tree
by Sylvia Plath
From: Sylvia Plath Collected Poems
Pub: Faber
Beach Burial
by Kenneth Slessor
From: Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online
Extract from Goblin Market
by Christina Rossetti
From: Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | John Gielgud |
| Reader | Robert Donat |
| Reader | Ariyon Bakare |
| Reader | Jasmine Hyde |
| Reader | Shirley Henderson |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 31 Jan 201616:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 6 Feb 201623:30BBC Radio 4
