May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 411

Price Realized: $ 1,750
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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
"I'LL . . . READ A 20 MINUTE SELECTION OF MY POEMS" THOMAS, DYLAN. Autograph Letter Signed, to a B.B.C. official "Dear Mr. Haucer," agreeing to read his own poems for a 20 minute broadcast on B.B.C. Radio's Third Programme. 1 page, 8vo; ink date received stamp on verso at lower right, folds. (MRS) Laugharne, 29 August 1949
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". . . I'll be very pleased indeed to read a 20 minute selection of my poems on the Third Programme sometime at the end of September--with just the minimum amount of linking material. Are any links, other than the titles of the poems, really necessary? Would I be expected to announce the titles of the poems myself? If so, then perhaps a few introductory words would be needed as well. . . ."
From a B.B.C. radio studio in London on September 24, 1949, Thomas read some of his poems, including "After the Funeral," for a Third Programme produced by Hugh Stewart.