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Sarah Hall, Philip Ridley, Emmy The Great, Jack Underwood, John Schad

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's language cabaret with a Verb commission from Sarah Hall and an elegy for libraries by Emmy The Great and Jack Underwood.

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's language cabaret with a Verb commission from Sarah Hall, the author of The Electric Michaelangelo and How To Paint A Dead Man. Singer-songwriter Emmy The Great and poet Jack Underwood celebrate the Dewey Decimal classification system in an excerpt from a new show which mourns the lost library. Poet and dramatist Philip Ridley introduces a new play 'Tender Napalm' and explains how performing his poems live shapes his poetic drama. And, John Schad champions the experimental novel and reads from GodotOnSea.

45 minutes

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  • Fri 15 Apr 2011 21:15

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