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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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Third Programme in December 1963.
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