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Tales from Ovid: Pyramus and Thisbe; Erysichthon
4 Extra Debut. Daljit Nagra introduces tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses, including' Pyramus and Thisbe' and 'Erysichthon'. Written and read by Ted Hughes. From May 1998.
BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Tales of Ovid'.
Poet Ted Hughes continues reading from his award-winning reworking of Ovid's Metamorphoses - stories of the teeming underworld and overworld of Romanised Greek myth and legend.
Featuring 'Pyramus' and 'Thisbe; Erysichthon', this highly praised collection won the 1997 Whitbread prize for poetry and WH Smith Literary Award.
Ted Hughes: born: 1930 and died: 1998.
Producer: Susan Roberts
First broadcast in two-parts on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
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