Six Centuries of Verse Season 1 Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939 1984
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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'.
- Released: 1984-12-02
- Runtime: 400 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: John Gielgud
- Director: Richard Mervyn, Diana Potter, Richard Mervyn, Anthony Thwaite
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1. Chaucer - Ted Hughes 1984-05-02
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2. Old English 1984-05-09
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3. Chaucer 1340-1400 1984-05-16
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4. Medieval - Elizabethan 1400-1600 1984-05-23
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5. Shakespeare 1564-1616 1984-05-30
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6. Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670 1984-06-06
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7. Milton 1608-1674 1984-06-13
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8. Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745 1984-06-20
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9. Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805 1984-10-21
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10. Wordsworth 1770-1850 1984-10-28
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11. Younger Romantics 1984-11-04
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12. Victorians 1837-1901 1984-11-11
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13. American Pioneers 1855-1910 1984-11-18
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14. Romantics and Realists 1984-11-25
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15. Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939 1984-12-02
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16. Towards the Present 1934-1984 1984-12-09
