The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words

2009 · Documentary · 1 Season · 1 Episodes · 0.0

To commemorate the centenary of the birth of one of Britain’s most influential and best-loved poets, this film combines dramatisations of telling events in the life of WH Auden with interviews from the TV and radio archives and extracts from Auden’s poetry, notebooks, letters and journals. (BBC)

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Season 1
E11. The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words2009-05-17To mark the centenary of the birth of one of Britain's most noted poets, this film archive footage with extracts of Auden's poetry, letter and diaries, along with dramatisations of key events from his life.

Cast

Simon Callow
Simon Callow
Readings (voice)
Don Warrington
Don Warrington
Readings (voice)
Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham
W H Auden
Fraser James
Fraser James
Readings (voice)

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