WH Auden and Chester Kallman
Academic and poet Gregory Woods explores the tumultuous but enduring relationship of poet WH Auden and librettist Chester Kallman, who were lifelong companions and collaborators.
Academic and poet Gregory Woods, author of Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World, explores the tumultuous but enduring relationship of poet WH Auden and librettist Chester Kallman, lifelong companions and collaborators.
Part of Gay Britannia, a season of programming marking the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised homosexual acts that took place in private between two men over the age of 21.
Writer: Gregory Woods
Reader: Gregory Woods
Producer: Simon Richardson.
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