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Stories In Verse - Two poems of social protest
Daljit Nagra selects Stories in Verse: Two Poems of Social Justice written by George R. Sims and Oscar Wilde. From 1993.
To mark 125 years since the death of Oscar Wilde on 30th November 1900, poet Daljit Nagra revisits the 麻豆社's poetry archive and chooses Stories in Verse: Two Poems of Social Protest.
The two poems of social protest are:
* In the Workhouse Christmas Day by George R Sims
* The Ballad Of Reading Gaol a poem by Oscar Wilde
Read by Andrew Sachs.
Presented and produced by Joy Boatman.
First broadcast on the 麻豆社 World Service in 1993.
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