THE FACE OF WAR
THE FACE OF WAR
David Keller reads poems of conflict by Simon Rae
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With the war in Iraq
still a vivid memory, Top Edge Productions presents a programme of poems
exploring human conflict, ranging in scale from personal confrontation to
the threat of Armageddon. Some of the poems were written about the first
Gulf War and first appeared in the Weekend Guardian, others were inspired
by a series of brilliant cartoons drawn for Le Monde by Raymond Searle.
Simon Rae introduces his poems, which are read by David Keller. there will
be a discussion after the reading.
Simon Rae was presenter of Radio 4's Poetry Please ! and wrote and presented a number of other radio programmes in the 90s. For ten years he contributed topical poems to the Guardian , collected in two volumes Soft Targets (illustrated by Willie Rushton) and Rapid Response. Since then he has written the definitive biography of W.G. Grace and a number of plays. In 1999, he won the National Poetry Competition and, with Ronald Searle, published a limited edition of The Face of War. The Face of War has now been reprinted by Top Edge Press.
David Keller trained at RADA and has performed with a number of theatre companies, including the RSC. Leading roles include Othello, Antony (Antony and Cleopatra), and Leontes (The Winter's Tale), John Maerrick (The Elephant Man), Dr Dysart (Equus) and John Clare in Simon Rae's Grass. He has also produced and directed Hamlet and Othello. television includes Napoleon in World at Arms.
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