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Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy recently starred opposite Romola Garai in ‘Miss Marx’, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, 2020.
Amongst his countless television appearances are ‘Mrs. Wilson’ HBO’s ‘The Money’, and the BBC’s ‘Bleak House’. Patrick was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in ‘Boardwalk Empire’. His films include ‘Atonement’ with Keira Knightley and Steven Spielberg‘s ‘War Horse’.

Readings

The Divine Comedy, read by Patrick Kennedy
Fern Hill, read by Patrick Kennedy
Leap Before You Look read by Patrick Kennedy
Bright Star read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Spur' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Politics' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markievicz' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.H. Auden: 'Lullaby' read by Patrick Kennedy
The Captain read by Patrick Kennedy
Dolores read by Patrick Kennedy
Anthem For Doomed Youth read by Patrick Kennedy
Inspection read by Patrick Kennedy
Rupert Brooke: 'The Dead' read by Patrick Kennedy
Paradise Lost, extract, read by Patrick Kennedy, Kristin Scott Thomas and Ashley Zhangazha
W.B. Yeats: 'The Municipal Gallery Revisited' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Municipal Gallery Revisited' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Adam's Curse' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Down By The Salley Gardens' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Never Give All the Heart' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Never Give All the Heart' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Pity of Love' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Pity of Love' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Why Should not Old Men be Mad' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Mermaid' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Mermaid' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Second Coming' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Friends' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Friends' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Stolen Child' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Easter, 1916' read by Patrick Kennedy
Epitaphs of the War read by Patrick Kennedy and Alicia Vikander
La Belle Dame sans Merci read by Patrick Kennedy
La Belle Dame sans Merci read by Patrick Kennedy
Ode to a Nightingale read by Patrick Kennedy
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The Divine Comedy, read by Patrick Kennedy
Fern Hill, read by Patrick Kennedy
Leap Before You Look read by Patrick Kennedy
Bright Star read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Spur' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Politics' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markievicz' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.H. Auden: 'Lullaby' read by Patrick Kennedy
The Captain read by Patrick Kennedy
Dolores read by Patrick Kennedy
Anthem For Doomed Youth read by Patrick Kennedy
Inspection read by Patrick Kennedy
Rupert Brooke: 'The Dead' read by Patrick Kennedy
Paradise Lost, extract, read by Patrick Kennedy, Kristin Scott Thomas and Ashley Zhangazha
W.B. Yeats: 'The Municipal Gallery Revisited' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Municipal Gallery Revisited' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Adam's Curse' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Down By The Salley Gardens' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Never Give All the Heart' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Never Give All the Heart' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Pity of Love' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Pity of Love' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Why Should not Old Men be Mad' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Mermaid' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Mermaid' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Second Coming' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Friends' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Friends' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'The Stolen Child' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'Easter, 1916' read by Patrick Kennedy
Epitaphs of the War read by Patrick Kennedy and Alicia Vikander
La Belle Dame sans Merci read by Patrick Kennedy
La Belle Dame sans Merci read by Patrick Kennedy
Ode to a Nightingale read by Patrick Kennedy

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