One of a number of recordings made at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, featuring songs and poems by W.B. Yeats, James Stephens and F.R. Higgins, performed by John Stephenson and Ria Mooney.
Part 1 of 4.
John Stephenson speaks to musicians about setting poems to music, and runs through the poems that will be performed.
John Stephenson performs 'The Ballad of O’Bruadir' by F.R. Higgins.
Broadcast 1 February 1937 as part of the feature 'Relay from Abbey Theatre'.
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