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Episode 4

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Working at a bank and The Waste Land. Robert Crawford's biography of poet TS Eliot. Read by Tom Mannion and David Acton.

Time spent in Bosham. Then in London, Tom becomes a bank employee. Then lines for The Waste Land begin to take shape.

A fresh biography of TS Eliot by Robert Crawford, abridged by Katrin Williams, published to mark 50 years since the poet's death:

Readers: Tom Mannion and David Acton

Producer Duncan Minshull

First heard on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in February 2015.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 25 Oct 2019 02:45

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Tom Mannion
Reader David Acton
Author Robert Crawford
Abridger Katrin Williams
Producer Duncan Minshull

Broadcasts

  • Thu 5 Feb 2015 09:45
  • Fri 6 Feb 2015 00:30
  • Thu 24 Oct 2019 14:45
  • Fri 25 Oct 2019 02:45

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