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In Search of the Wantley Dragon
Poet Ian McMillan explores the bawdy 17th-century comic poem The Dragon of Wantley and learns that, in its day, this Yorkshire-based story was as famous as that of Robin Hood.
Poet Ian McMillan explores the bawdy 17th-century comic poem The Dragon of Wantley. He uncovers long-forgotten violent disputes, a knight clad in locally-made armour, pantomimes, operettas and the eerily quiet dragon's den. Ian meets the dragon's descendants and learns that, in its day, this Yorkshire-based story was as famous as that of Robin Hood.
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Sat 5 Sep 2009
23:30
大象传媒 Radio 4
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- Sun 30 Aug 2009 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
- Sat 5 Sep 2009 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4