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Broadcasting
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1953-1990
This series comprises papers, chiefly drafts and copies of scripts, relating to broadcasts on BBC Radio of Silkin's poetry (read either by Silkin himself or by others), or talks and readings by Silkin...
Péguy: BBC Radio Recording
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1982-1983
Papers relating to the recording of Geoffrey Hill reading 'The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy' for BBC Radio 3. Includes a copy of the broadcast script, recorded 5 November 1982, with Hill's...
Poems and Drafts (3)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1968-1970
Ms and typescript poems, drafts and preliminaries. Includes a ts list of poem titles, headed 'Amana Grass' in ms (contents differ from the published collection); ts and ms notes on groupings of poems,...
Radio Scripts
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1977-1979
This file contains copies of typescript radio scripts for broadcasts of poems from 'The Psalms With Their Spoils' by the BBC. Includes an unmarked script for 'Joy Lined With Metal', including an intro...
Radio Broadcast of Footsteps on the Downcast Path
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1984
Items relating to the radio broadcast of Jon Silkin reading 'Footsteps on the Downcast Path' on 18 October 1984. Includes ms and typescript drafts of Silkin's introduction to the poem; a copy of the s...
Drama and Radio
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1955-1960
This file contains drafts of short plays that may have been intended as radio plays, including an ms draft of a semi-autobiographical play based around Jon Silkin's school days and evacuation to Dolau...
The Poet and Blindness
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
10 February 1962
This file contains a 4 page radio script for a broadcast by Thomas Blackburn for the BBC Home Service as part of their 'World of Books' series. It was transmitted on Saturday 10th February 1962. The b...
Poetry Criticism
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1960-1969
Typescript (carbon copy) drafts of an essay/article titled 'The Poetry of George Barker;' an essay/article on the poetry of Edmund Blunden (lacking the first page); and an article on the poetry of Dyl...
Mixed Prose, Criticism and Reviews
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1973-1980
This file contains ms and typescript drafts of critical essays/articles, reviews and other prose by Jon Silkin. Includes ts and copy drafts of reviews of poetry collections by Patrick Galvin (ca. 1979...
Mixed Prose and Criticism (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1980-1988
Annotated typescript drafts of Silkin's essay, 'Geoffrey Hill: My Subject was War and My Pity of It,' accompanied by typescript additions and corrections to the paper and related correspondence betwee...
Letters to and from Jon Silkin
British Broadcasting Corporation
5 May 1953 - 11 September 1997
89 typescript and 2 ms letters from various at the BBC to Jon Silkin; and 22 carbon copy letters from Silkin to various at the BBC. Notable correspondents include: - John Wain (2 letters; 1953) - D...
Robert Browning
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
March 1965
This file contains a radio script for a recording made by Thomas Blackburn for the British Council, March 1965, on Robert Browning, as part of their Feature Articles Service.