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Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath

Daljit Nagra selects Listening and Writing - Learning to Think and 'Daddy' written and read by Sylvia Plath. From 1963.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archive and selects a special collection of programmes across the month featuring Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

And we're joined by Daljit's poetry writing students at Brunel University, London.

Listening and Writing - Learning to Think with Ted Hughes - is a talk by the writer about the poet's way of thinking. Including three poems:

'View of a Pig' and 'Wodwo' by Ted Hughes
'Bare Almond Trees' by DH Lawrence.

Produced for Schools Radio by Sam Langdon

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Third Programme in May 1963

And Three Score and Ten featuring a reading of 'Daddy' by Sylvia Plath - a recording made shortly before she died.

Producer: Sharon Sephton

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

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 11 Mar 2024 00:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Mar 2024 06:00
  • Sun 10 Mar 2024 11:00
  • Sun 10 Mar 2024 17:00
  • Mon 11 Mar 2024 00:00