The Classic Serial | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1999)

Duration: 56'57''

Synopsis

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's poem, here dramatised for radio, was first published 200 years ago. Why does the mariner shoot the albatross? And is the poem a Christian parable?

Further Information
Other Archive resources
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | BBC Home Service | 1956

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1956)

John Gielgud reading 'The Ancient Mariner'.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | BBC Radio 4 | 2006

Poetry Please | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (2006)

Daljit Nagra selects ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' about an epic voyage. Read by Trevor Peacock.