Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

  • May fare for fair May

    A collection of Baroque and Renaissance madrigals including Alfred Deller, and poetry of Sir Thomas Wyatt, John Suckling, Robert Herrick, Anonymous, Andrew Marvell, Blake, Yeats, etc. Read by Everett Frost, Mitchell Harding, Katherine Calkin, Faith Wilding, and David Cloud. The program begins with a festive celebration live outside the KPFK building for welcoming in May.…

  • Maud Gonne

    An original dramatic performance based on the life of Maud Gonne, actress, revolutionary and extravagant muse who haunted the poetry of William Butler Yeats. Written and produced by Barbara Kraft. Music by William Kraft, featuring a song sung by Victoria Bond. Featuring Julie Adams as Maud Gonne, Lee Bergere as William Butler Yeats, Judith Chaikin…

  • Yeats and Joyce in song / Lee Whiting.

    Interpretations of W. B. Yeats and James Joyce in song.

  • Yeats on Yeats / read by W.B. Yeats, Siobban McKenna, and Micheal MacLiammhoir.

    Readings from Yeats’ poetry. Includes continuity by S. Chamberlain.|YEATS ON YEATS / read by W.B. Yeats, Siobban McKenna, and Micheal MacLiamnhoir. – Readings from Yeats’ poetry. Includes continuity by S. Chamberlain.

  • The Land of the jumblies.

    Selections from the poetry of Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, William B. Yeats, Lewis Carroll, and Edward Lear.

  • The Songs of Red Hanrahan / read by Padraigin McGillicuddy.

    Irish oral tales written down by William Butler Yeats.|THE SONGS OF RED HANRAHAN / read by Padraigin McGillicuddy. – Red Hanrahan was a hedge schoolmaster who taught school in the hedges and barns of the Irish countryside because of the English education policy. His tales go back centuries in the oral tradition of Celtic Ireland.…