Welcome to the Bicentenary celebration of poet, John Keats.
Join a host of actors, poets and musicians as we take a look at the life of John Keats and celebrate his iconic, yet short life time, and how his poetry has lived on. Making him one of the most well loved poets of the last 2 centuries.
Running Order:
1 - Introduction by Barry Smith
2 - 'To Autumn' read by Rosie Cavaliero
3 - The Keats statue with sculptor Vincent Gray
4 - Keats’ Letter to John Taylor, 27 Feb 1818 - the Axioms of Poetry, read by Naomi Foyle
5 - Keats in Chichester and Rome, talk by Professor Fiona Price, Chichester University
6 - Sequence of Sonnets and a Ballad
(Underpinned and linked by music by Chris Hardy)
- When I have fears…………………………………………….read by Chris Hardy
- Keen, fitful gusts………………………………………………read by Camilla Lambert
- On first looking into Chapman’s Homer…………..read by Jeremy Page
- On the Grasshopper………………………………………..read by Stephanie Norgate
- To Sleep…………………………………………………………….read by Naomi Foyle
- On the Sea………………………………………………………..read by Barry Smith
- La Belle Dame sans Merci………………………………….read by James Simpson
7 - Bright Star performed by LiTTLe MACHiNe
8 - A Walk Through the Keats-Shelley House in Rome with Dr Giuseppe Albano
9 - Curlew by William Lovelady, performed by Amanda Cook
10 - Keats’ Last Letter, to Charles Brown, 30 Nov 1820….read by James Simpson
11 - Severn’s Letters from Rome…Read by Barry Smith
- Letter to Haslam, 15 Jan 1821 Sunday Night, 1/2 past 11 -
- Severn’s Sketch... Read by Katie Bennett
- Letter to Charles Brown dated 27 Feb 1821...read by Barry Smith
12 - Letter from Fanny Brawne to Fanny Keats, 26th February, 1821…read by Emily Rose Smith
13 - 'The White Stone' by William Lovelady, performed by Amanda Cook
14 - Final Words by Barry Smith
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You Tube film supervised and edited by videographer Katie Bennett for the South Downs Poetry Festival, in association with the University of Chichester and the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association.
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All performers have given permission for use of their footage within this film.