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Poetry Please - Gothic Poetry

Daljit Nagra selects Poetry Please: Gothic Poetry with eerie poems by Sylvia Plath and Percy Shelley. From 2016.

Daljit Nagra ties in with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Gothic season and selects Poetry Please - Gothic Poetry from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s poetry archive.

Roger McGough introduces an eerie selection of gothic poetry from Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, Christina Rossetti and Percy Shelley.

With archive recordings from Sir John Gielgud and Robert Donat

Plus readings by Ariyon Bakare, Jasmine Hyde, Clive Swift and Shirley Henderson.

Producer Sally Heaven.

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 2016.

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30 minutes

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