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Femmes Fatales

Jeremy Northam and Harriet Walter read works on the theme of the femme fatale by Keats, Spenser, Shakespeare and Wilde. Music by Handel, Massenet, Strauss, Bizet and Gershwin.

A programme of poetry and music on the theme of the femme fatale, an idea exemplified in some of the most passionate artistic creations, including Medusa, Delilah, Carmen and Lady Macbeth.

Jeremy Northam and Harriet Walter read works by Keats, Spenser, Shakespeare, Wilde, Carol Anne Duffy and Angela Carter, alongside music by Handel, Massenet, Saint-Saens, Richard Strauss, Bizet and Gershwin.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 Dec 2009 17:00

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  • Sun 18 Jan 2009 22:15
  • Tue 29 Dec 2009 17:00

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