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Literary greats and The Waste Land. Robert Crawford's biography of poet TS Eliot. Concluded by Tom Mannion and David Acton.

Tom still works in the bank, but his verse is published by Virginia Woolf and he dines with James Joyce in Paris. Then comes The Waste Land..

A fresh biography of TS Eliot by Robert Crawford, abridged by Katrin Williams, published to mark 50 years since the poet's death:

Concluded by Tom Mannion and David Acton.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First heard on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in February 2015.

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 26 Oct 2019 02:45

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Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Tom Mannion
Reader David Acton
Author Robert Crawford
Abridger Katrin Williams
Producer Duncan Minshull

Broadcasts

  • Fri 6 Feb 2015 09:45
  • Sat 7 Feb 2015 00:30
  • Fri 25 Oct 2019 14:45
  • Sat 26 Oct 2019 02:45

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