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University of Leeds - Poetry Room
c.1950-1988
This subfonds comprises audio recordings created and collected as part of the activities of the Poetry Room. The earliest recordings appear to predate the opening of the Poetry Room, but many relate t...
The Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc
Wainwright, Jeffrey
December 1988
Audio recording of a radio version of Charles Péguy's play 'The Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc' ( 'Le mystére de la charité de Jeanne d'Arc'). The play was adapted by Jean-Paul Lucet, and tr...
Copy Recording: Poems
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
[c.1963-1966]
This audiocassette comprises copies of audio recordings originally held on reel-to-reel tape. Side 1 is a copy of Poetry Room tape MS 1720/2/60, a British Council recording made in 1966 of Jon Silkin ...
Contemporary Poets Reading Their Own Poems
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
15 September 1966
Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of Jon Silkin reading his own poems. The recording was made in Newcastle (where Silkin was resident at the time). Silkin announces and introduces...
Poems from Brutus's Orchard
Fuller, Roy (1912-1991)
c.1960
Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of Roy Fuller reading poems from his collection 'Brutus's Orchard' (1957).
W. S. Graham: Poems
c.1960
Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of W.S. Graham reading his own poems, including poems from the collections 'Cage Without Grievance' (1942), 'The White Threshold' (1955) and 'Nig...
Donald Hall: Poems
12 February 1964
Audio recording made for the Leeds Poetry Room of Donald Hall reading his own poems.
Poems from For the Unfallen
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1963
Audio recording made for the Poetry Room of Geoffrey Hill reading poems from his collection 'For the Unfallen: Poems 1952-1958' (1971). Each poem is preceded by a title announcement. Includes readings...
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
[c.1960-1965?]
Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of Martin Cyril D'Arcy (Father D'Arcy) reading poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Ted Hughes: Poems
Hughes, Ted (1930-1998)
[c.1962?]
Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of Ted Hughes reading his own poems.
Elizabeth Jennings: Poems
Jennings, Elizabeth (1926-2001)
[c.1960?]
Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of Elizabeth Jennings reading poems from her collections 'A Way of Looking' (1955) and 'A Sense of the World' (1959).
Brendan Kennelly: Poems
28 March 1963
Audio recording made for the Leeds Poetry Room of Brendan Kennelly reading his own poems.