The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Posted by Riklaa on May 3, 2012 at 3:34pm

BBC R4 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner'
Presented by Roger McGough
Narrated by Trevor Peacock
Produced by Paul Dodgson
Broadcast January 15, 2006
Coded from tape at 128/44.1

Special edition of Poetry Please dedicated to
a reading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's lyrical
ballad: 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.

This is a good production. Barely abridged, and
no portentous histrionics.

'The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' LINK

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  • Reuben Bright May 4, 2012 at 9:19pm

    Thank you Riklaa ...  ? How could they build a bridge out in the ocean anyhow ?

    • semoshorts > Reuben Bright May 5, 2012 at 7:38am

      Thanks for sharing.

    • Riklaa > semoshorts May 5, 2012 at 5:53pm

      Easily Reuben a word placed or replaced here and there and voila, abridge or abridged right in the ocean.  with pronouns fro prontoons.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Rick

    • Reuben Bright > Riklaa May 5, 2012 at 5:55pm

      ^_^

      ( the background lends a note of minstrelsy to my smiley ^_^)

    • Riklaa > Reuben Bright May 5, 2012 at 6:25pm

      In what way?

  • Magersfontein May 4, 2012 at 5:09pm

    Excellent! Thanks, Rick.

     

    Roger

    • Riklaa > Magersfontein May 4, 2012 at 5:45pm

      You are welcome Roger.  I noticed very little abridging and the Narrator was spot on excellent!  -------  Rick

    • Magersfontein > Riklaa May 5, 2012 at 4:56am

      Trevor Peacock was an interesting - and intelligent - choice as narrator, very different from the readings I remember by Richard Burton and John Gielgud. Peacock is a fine actor, usually associated with comic roles. (And do you remember a song called "Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter", recorded many years ago by Herman's Hermits? It was written by Trevor Peacock!)

       

      Roger

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