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The Double

Poetry, prose and music exploring the world of ghostly doubles. Writings by Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dostoevsky, Heine and music by Bach, Boulez, Schubert and Reich.

A sequence of poetry, prose and music exploring the disturbing world of shadows and ghostly doubles, with readings by Janie Dee and Nicholas Farrell.

With works by Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dostoevsky, Heine, Wilde, Robert Lowell and Khalil Ghibran, interspersed with music by Bach, Boulez, Schubert and Steve Reich.

1 hour, 5 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Aug 2009 22:30

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  • Sun 3 May 2009 22:25
  • Sun 2 Aug 2009 22:30

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