
The Word Girl
From Mary to Maeve, Lydia to Laura, and from Oriana all the way to a boy named Sue, the weekly sequence of music and verse makes play with the words we use to name the female sex.
From Mary to Matilda, Lydia to Laura, and Oriana all the way to a boy named Sue, the weekly sequence of music and verse makes play with the words we use to name the female sex. Readings include verse by Petrarch, Lorca, DH Lawrence, John Clare and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning - plus the odd limerick.
First broadcast in October 2011.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Henry Austin Dobson
A Ballad of Names, reader John Shrapnel
Dinah Craik
My Christian Name, reader Romola Garai
D. H. Lawrence
Henriette, reader John Shrapnel
Federico García Lorca, trans. Robert Nasatir
Balcony (La Lola), reader John Shrapnel
Hilaire Belloc
Matilda, reader Romola Garai
Nora Perry
Jenny, reader Romola Garai
John Clare
Her maiden name was Eleanor, reader John Shrapnel
Francesco Petrarch, trans. Mark Musa
Sonnet No. 5, reader John Shrapnel
William Thompson
On writing Laura’s name in the snow, readers Romola Garai and John Shrapnel
Mary Lamb
Choosing a Name, reader Romola Garai
William Pattison
Written with a penknife on a tree , reader John Shrapnel
William Pattison
On a drunkard’s writing his mistress’s name on a drinking-glass, reader Romola Garai
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
The Pet-name, reader Romola Garai
Maurice Francis Egan
Ave, Maria, reader John Shrapnel
Anonymous
A limerick, reader Romola Garai
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Oct 2011 18:30
- Sun 7 Jul 2013 18:30