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By the Coast of Coromandel... by Lavinia Murray
bookshelves: published-2011, radio-4x, winter-20122013, play-dramatisation, poetry, music
Recommended for: BBC radio listeners
Read from January 19 to 20, 2013
blurb: A look at the life of artist and exponent of nonsense verse Edward Lear from the perspective of some of his favourite creations, including the Owl, the Pussycat and the Quangle Wangle. Lavinia Murray's drama, with Derek Jacobi, Floella Benjamin, Samantha Spiro and Joanna Monro.
Some clever lines were almost buried under the over-arching cacophony - more than one person speaking at a time. Would be funnier in the written form.
3* The Beautiful Ugly
4* Tarzan of the Antirrhinums
3* By the Coast of Coromandel
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