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Tales from Ovid: Pyramus and Thisbe; Erysichthon

4 Extra Debut. Daljit Nagra introduces tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses, including' Pyramus and Thisbe' and 'Erysichthon'. Written and read by Ted Hughes. From May 1998.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'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 'Pyramus' and 'Thisbe; Erysichthon', 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 1998.

30 minutes

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