| Description | Recording of a poetry reading by Ronald Duncan. Much of what is read consists of extracts from his plays, 'This way to the tomb', 'Don Juan', etc including:
00:08 Introduction by Professor [Marchant?]
01:50 Introduces the reading by talking about poetry as a mode of communication.
02:50 Gives background information about 'This way to the tomb' and describes the impetus behind the play
04:40 Reads parts of 'This way to the tomb', as well as giving some background about the parts of the play to which these parts belong.
16:40 Introduces and reads from the play 'Don Juan', providing brief commentary between the parts being read.
29:40 Moves on to talk about 'The Death of Satan'
32:55 Speaks of attempting to write about the Passion from Judas' point of view and reads an extract, possibly from 'Judas'.
49:05 Introduces and reads two poems from the Solitudes
56:35 Short afterword by the professor who introduced Duncan
Duration 58:21. Digital surrogate available. |