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Stories In Verse - Two poems of social protest

Daljit Nagra selects Stories in Verse: Two Poems of Social Justice written by George R. Sims and Oscar Wilde. From 1993.

To mark 125 years since the death of Oscar Wilde on 30th November 1900, poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and chooses Stories in Verse: Two Poems of Social Protest.

The two poems of social protest are:

* In the Workhouse Christmas Day by George R Sims
* The Ballad Of Reading Gaol a poem by Oscar Wilde

Read by Andrew Sachs.

Presented and produced by Joy Boatman.

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1993.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 1 Dec 202502:00
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