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From: "Roger Day" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: Money and poetry
> Actually, Eliot *refused* to write the book of an opera. Tippett
> wanted him to write the book of the opera "Child Of Our Time" but he
> refused. http://www.michael-tippett.com/mtfaq.htm
> Roger
> P.S. I got an unconditonal offer for a place on the MA from Anglia
> Polytechnic University. Didn't even consult my references...
Oh, well done!
Anybody want me to see if I can chase up any recordings? There might just be
something connected with the Barry McSweeney archives at Newcastle
University. I do know that Prynne read at Barry's funeral.
joanna
On 10/6/05, Roger Day <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Fenton made a packet from writing lyrics for a West End show. I
> *think* the lyrics were canned by he had a canny lawyer so he still
> got a percentage. His Oxford mansion is lovely so I hear.
>
> Now Eliot *would* have made a packet if he'd've been alive when Cats was
> made:-)
>
> I want JHPrynne, the hyper-musical.
>
> Roger
>
> On 10/6/05, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Money is a kind of poetry, said - was it Wallace Stevens? Anyway, a
> > piece
> > in The Guardian today which claims, among other things, "Poets would
> > surely
> > forsake any prize money for the sake of just one timelessly memorable
> > poem."
> > If it wasn't a false choice (because it is, in terms that are rather
> > suss) I
> > would say, it depends how broke said poet is...
> >
> > Not only that, but poets need "translators". Anyway, for the curious...
> >
> > http://books.guardian.co.uk/forwardprize2005/story/0,16299,1585250,00.html
> >
> > Best
> >
> > A
> >
> >
> > Alison Croggon
> >
> > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> > Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
> > Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
> >
>
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