The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
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)
Cast
Simon Callow
Readings (voice)
Don Warrington
Readings (voice)
Kenneth Cranham
W H Auden
Fraser James
Readings (voice)
Seasons
E1The Addictions of Sin: WH Auden in His Own Words
May 17, 2009
To 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.
Storyline
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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