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Paying the Ferryman

Paul Farley takes an unusual, hand-sculled ferry across the Mersey and contemplates poetry's engagement with the River Styx and the figure of Charon, ferryman to the Underworld.

In anticipation of tonight's concert of Haydn's 'Orfeo ed Euridice', Paul Farley considers poetic treatments of the River Styx and the cadaverous figure of Charon, ferryman to the Underworld. He travels to Merseyside to take two rather different kinds of ferry, in the company of poets Jeffrey Wainwright and Deryn Rees-Jones. Together they explore poetry's fascination with the voyage to Hades and with the handful of mythical characters who've made the return journey.

Produced by Emma Harding.

20 minutes

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Fri 21 Oct 2011 19:45
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    91热爆 Radio 3