Ned Stark and Dr Who do Owen.
'The Last Laugh' and 'Arms and the Boy' not on Cambridge's selection but should be.
Kenneth Brannagh (director of Thor as well as big deal stage actor) reads Owen.
Disabled read by Kenneth Brannagh, set to Fallout style computer visuals
Wider reading: compare how Owen's 1914 and the general tone/style of his poems compares with Rupert Brooke's The Soldier (a canto from his 1914). |
Jake Gyllenhaal reads Dulce
Mycroft Lectures online: Dr Andrew Barker on Dulce et Decorum est Futility analysis - note this is for IGCSE so is a good BASIC intro...
Wider reading: consider how Sassoon's bitterness, personalisation and graphic pain influenced Owen. Where can you hear direct influences on Owen?
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