3: Below Stairs in the Country House - 鈥楥rumble Hall鈥� by Mary Leapor
Below stairs with Mary Leapor's brilliant satire on the 18th-century 'country house' poem, 'Crumble Hall', in the next in our history of England told through poetry.
Catherine Clarke reads her new and original history of England - told through poetry.
Through five poems across a week, Clarke takes us onto battlefields, inside royal courts, below stairs of great houses and onto cricket pitches, with vivid voices, and surprising stories. In a portal to the past, she takes us inside the words and moments these poems capture, with new perspectives on how England has dreamed itself into existence - and who gets to tell its story.
Today: we go below stairs with a poem with a twist - Mary Leapor's biting satire on the 18th-century 'country house' poem, 'Crumble Hall'
Writer and reader: Catherine is a Professor at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and Director of the Victoria County History of England.
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett
On radio
Broadcasts
- Wednesday 11:45蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
- Thursday 00:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4