The Thomas Chatterton Society
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Thomas Chatterton 1752 - 1770 Poet and Writer born in Bristol England who found international fame after his early and untimely death at 17 years 277 days.
Quote from Thomas Chatterton:
"God has sent his creatures into the world with arms long enough to reach anywhere if they could be put to the trouble of extending them."
Recitations
'An Excelente Balade of Charitie'
by 'Thomas Rowley'
The Storm Scene
(an extract)
Recitation: Malcolm Grieve, Actor
Broadcast: Dialect Radio, Bristol UK
'Chatterton's Holiday Afternoon' (detail)
by W. Ridgway (c. 1865)
Image Courtesy of British Library
'Elegy to the Memory of Mr Thomas Phillips, of Fairford'
(an extract)
Recitation: Malcolm Grieve, Actor
Broadcast: Dialect Radio, Bristol UK
'Ethelgar - A Saxon Poem'
(an extract)
Recitation: Malcolm Grieve, Actor
Broadcast: Dialect Radio, Bristol UK
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