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Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern made her film debut in Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning ‘Ordinary People’. The following year she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ‘Ragtime’. She is also acclaimed for her roles in ‘The House of Mirth’, ‘The Wings of a Dove’, and ‘The Truth’. McGovern’s theatre work includes ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘Three Sisters’, ‘Hamlet’, ‘As You Like It‘ and ‘The Misanthrope’. Her many television performances include ‘Tales from the Crypt’, ‘New Hampshire’, ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel‘ and ‘The Changeling’. She has starred in ‘Daphne’, ‘A Room With A View’ and the series ‘Freezing’ with Tom Hollander and Hugh Bonneville. She is also internationally loved for her role as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham, in ‘Downton Abbey’, for which she has been nominated for both an Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Readings

Song of Myself read by Eddie Redmayne and Elizabeth McGovern
O Captain! My Captain! read by Elizabeth McGovern
Endymion read by Elizabeth McGovern
Don Juan read by Elizabeth McGovern, Lily James and Freddie Fox
In the Waiting Room read by Elizabeth Mcgovern
The Student read by Elizabeth McGovern
Aunt Helen read by Elizabeth McGovern
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock read by Charles Dance, Damian Lewis and Elizabeth McGovern
Portrait Of A Lady read by Adrian Dunbar and Elizabeth McGovern
T.S. Eliot: 'Eyes That Last I Saw In Tears' read by Elizabeth McGovern
Ash Wednesday read by Elizabeth McGovern
Rhapsody On A Windy Night read by Elizabeth McGovern
Whispers Of Immortality read by Elizabeth McGovern
T.S Eliot @ The London Library 18.10.2018
Sweeney Erect read by Adrian Dunbar Elizabeth McGovern
The Mask Of Anarchy read by Freddie Fox, Lily James and Elizabeth McGovern
Adonais read by Freddie Fox, Lily James and Elizabeth McGovern
Christina Rossetti: 'Goblin Market' read by Elizabeth McGovern, Poppy Miller and Harriet Walter
Dost Thou Not Care read by Elizabeth McGovern
The Mind is an Enchanting Thing read by Elizabeth McGovern
Silence read by Elizabeth McGovern
We All Know It read by Elizabeth McGovern
To be Liked by You Would be a Calamity read by Elizabeth McGovern
Roses Only read by Elizabeth McGovern
I Like a Horse but I Have a Fellow Feeling for a Mule read by Elizabeth McGovern
Spenser's Ireland read by Elizabeth McGovern
We Call Them the Brave read by Elizabeth McGovern
In This Age of Hard Trying read by Elizabeth McGovern
Love in America read by Elizabeth McGovern
Poetry read by Elizabeth McGovern
Select reading
Song of Myself read by Eddie Redmayne and Elizabeth McGovern
O Captain! My Captain! read by Elizabeth McGovern
Endymion read by Elizabeth McGovern
Don Juan read by Elizabeth McGovern, Lily James and Freddie Fox
In the Waiting Room read by Elizabeth Mcgovern
The Student read by Elizabeth McGovern
Aunt Helen read by Elizabeth McGovern
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock read by Charles Dance, Damian Lewis and Elizabeth McGovern
Portrait Of A Lady read by Adrian Dunbar and Elizabeth McGovern
T.S. Eliot: 'Eyes That Last I Saw In Tears' read by Elizabeth McGovern
Ash Wednesday read by Elizabeth McGovern
Rhapsody On A Windy Night read by Elizabeth McGovern
Whispers Of Immortality read by Elizabeth McGovern
T.S Eliot @ The London Library 18.10.2018
Sweeney Erect read by Adrian Dunbar Elizabeth McGovern
The Mask Of Anarchy read by Freddie Fox, Lily James and Elizabeth McGovern
Adonais read by Freddie Fox, Lily James and Elizabeth McGovern
Christina Rossetti: 'Goblin Market' read by Elizabeth McGovern, Poppy Miller and Harriet Walter
Dost Thou Not Care read by Elizabeth McGovern
The Mind is an Enchanting Thing read by Elizabeth McGovern
Silence read by Elizabeth McGovern
We All Know It read by Elizabeth McGovern
To be Liked by You Would be a Calamity read by Elizabeth McGovern
Roses Only read by Elizabeth McGovern
I Like a Horse but I Have a Fellow Feeling for a Mule read by Elizabeth McGovern
Spenser's Ireland read by Elizabeth McGovern
We Call Them the Brave read by Elizabeth McGovern
In This Age of Hard Trying read by Elizabeth McGovern
Love in America read by Elizabeth McGovern
Poetry read by Elizabeth McGovern
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