Lemn Sissay reads Tennyson's Ulysses
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Lemn Sissay is a British poet, playwright and performer. He has published several collections of poetry and reads his poems to audiences all over the world. His plays have been produced on the stage, radio and television and his work was recognised by the Queen when he received an MBE for his services to literature in the 2010 New Year Honours. He is an Honourary Doctor of Letters at the University of Hudderfield and an Assosiate Artists at the Southbank Centre....

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DURATION:
00:02:34

Curator:
Jamie Byng (Founder World Book Night)

Interviewer:
Kirsty Lang

Director (HiBROW):
Babak Goodarzi

Director (Trafalgar Square Event):
Anthony Arnove

Producers (HiBROW):
Joanne Jacobs
Don Boyd

Producer (Trafalgar Square Event):
Nigel Peters

Executive Producers (Trafalgar Square Event):
Fiona McMorrough
Jamie Byng

Cameras:
Tom Webster (interviews)
Tessa Morgan
Piers Thompson
Michael Tamman
Malcolm Target

Editor:
Daniel McGuire

Sound Mixers:
Charlie Weisfield
Justin Smith

Production Manager:
Dominic Dowbekin

Thanks to:
Canada House

Post Production Consultant:
Ivan Griffiths

Assistant Producers:
Jenna Bilby
Hannah Wiltshire

Runners:
Betty Sims-Hilditch
Tom Gimlette

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Lemn Sissay is a British poet, playwright and performer. He has published several collections of poetry and reads his poems to audiences all over the world. His plays have been produced on the stage, radio and television and his work was recognised by the Queen when he received an MBE for his services to literature in the 2010 New Year Honours. He is an Honourary Doctor of Letters at the University of Hudderfield and an Assosiate Artists at the Southbank Centre.
In this extract from the inaugural World Book Night event in Trafalgar Square he reads Alfred, Lord Tennyson's peom, Ulysses.
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