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Publisher
Nebraskans for Public Television
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"133 of the world's most famous poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by the First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests ... Dramatic performances by Claire Bloom, LeVar Burton, Robert Culp, Ruby Dee, Henry Fonda, Will Geer, Fred Gwynne, Valerie Harper, Jack Lemmon, Vincent Price, William Shatner, Irene Worth and other celebrities"--Container.
3) Word songs
Publisher
Florida Center for Electronic Communication, Florida Atlantic University
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"In Word songs, novel and traditional poems are interpreted by computer graphic illustration, and for the first time, are recorded for Dolby digital five-speaker home theater with special effects"--Container.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the evolution of English-language poetry from Beowulf to modern times. Historical background complements the seductive rhythms of the poems themselves, as performed by the greatest actors of our times. Features works by great English and American poets, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, William Butler Yeats, Dylan Thomas, Emily Dickinson, John Milton, and many more.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
During the early days of COVID, the Oscar nominee set himself the challenge of committing Four Quartets to memory, and in 2021 he brought it to the London stage followed by a tour of theaters across the UK. Written by Nobel Prize winner Eliot in the shadow of the Second World War, the poem is a searching examination of who and what we are. This celebrated meditation on human experience, time, and the divine offers up questions, imagery, and emotions...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A mix of lyrical animation, poems on screen, and live-action scenes, featuring some of the world's greatest poets, from William Shakespeare to Langston Hughes. It also includes recitations of poems by real-life kids, who offer their own insights on the place that poetry plays in their lives.
11) Emily Dickinson
Series
Voices and visions volume 3
Publisher
Intellimation [distributor]
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
The life of American Poet Emily Dickinson is related through photographs, readings of her poetry and the interpretive comments of other poets and writers.
13) Voices & visions
Publisher
[Annenberg Media]
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009]
Language
English
Description
The lives and works of 13 renowned American poets are interpreted through dramatic readings, archival photographs, dance, performances, and interviews in this inspiring series. Illustrative poems in each program are accompanied by insights into their historical and cultural connections.The series covers the terminology of poetry and the larger role of poets in American and world literature studies.