Six Centuries of Verse

Name: Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939
Released: 1984-12-02
Duration: 400 min

Season 1 • Episode 15: Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939 • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 15: Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939

December 2, 1984 • 400 min

Wilfred Owen's 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' and Edward Thomas' 'Old Man' are among the featured poems, while Cyril Cusack reads a selection of poems by W.B. Yeats, and Ian Richardson and Isla Blair give voices to an excerpt from Eliot's 'The Waste Land'.

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