Session 02 - Maud; a Monodrama

On 23rd October 2009, the Faculty of Englishalong with Trinity College, Cambridge, celebrated the bicentennial birthday of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Throughout the day, various members of the Faculty of English read a good portion of his poetic output. These readings were performed in the Judith E Wilson Drama Studio and also broadcast live over the Internet. In this recording, performance-maker and writer Jeremy Hardingham performs Maud; a Monodrama, first published in 1855. One of Tennyson's most unusual works, Maud tells itsstory entirely through the voice of its unnamed speaker, moving through a sequence of lyrics as his...