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Drama

Six Centuries of Verse

Year: 1984
Seasons: 1
Type: TV Series
Genre: Drama

Overview

Sir John Gielgud is joined by an outstanding repertory of actors in this pioneering, imaginative series demonstrating the immense variety and emotional impact of English-language poetry, from the fourteenth century to the contemporary era.

Episodes

EP 1
EP 1 Chaucer - Ted Hughes
EP 2
EP 2 Old English
EP 3
EP 3 Chaucer 1340-1400
EP 4
EP 4 Medieval - Elizabethan 1400-1600
EP 5
EP 5 Shakespeare 1564-1616
EP 6
EP 6 Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670
EP 7
EP 7 Milton 1608-1674
EP 8
EP 8 Restoration and Augustan 1660-1745
EP 9
EP 9 Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805
EP 10
EP 10 Wordsworth 1770-1850
EP 11
EP 11 Younger Romantics
EP 12
EP 12 Victorians 1837-1901
EP 13
EP 13 American Pioneers 1855-1910
EP 14
EP 14 Romantics and Realists
EP 15
EP 15 Early Twentieth Century 1914-1939
EP 16
EP 16 Towards the Present 1934-1984

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