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Tales from Ovid: Semele; Peleus and Thetis; Pygmalion; The Birth of Hercules

Daljit Nagra introduces stories retold from Ovid's Metamorphoses including Pygmalion. Written and read by Ted Hughes. From April 1998.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's radio poetry archive with 'Tales of Ovid'.

Poet Ted Hughes continues reading from his award-winning reworking of Ovid's Metamorphoses - stories of the teeming underworld and overworld of Romanised Greek myth and legend.

Featuring 'Semele', 'Peleus and Thetis' and 'Pygmalion and the Birth of Hercules', this highly praised collection won the 1997 Whitbread prize for poetry and WH Smith Literary Award.

Ted Hughes: born: 1930 and died: 1998.

Producer: Susan Roberts

First broadcast in two-parts on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 1998.

30 minutes

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Mon 18 Jul 2016 05:00
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