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The Hunting Of The Snark read by Alec Guinness

Daljit Nagra selects The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll. An epic nonsense poem read by Alec Guinness. From 1963.

Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archive and selects The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll.

Alec Guinness reads Lewis Carroll’s epic nonsense poem - a surreal odyssey in which a bizarre group of characters sets off in search of an elusive and mysterious beast.

Producer: Douglas Cleverdon

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Third Programme in December 1963.

30 minutes

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