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Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation, honoured with an Academy Award, a Tony, two Emmys, and an Olivier. She has starred in As You Like It, Long Day’s Journey into Night, and The Inheritance on stage, and in films including Blowup, Julia, Howards End, Atonement, and Coriolanus.

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Child by Sylvia Plath read by Vanessa Redgrave
Like Rain it Sounded til it Curved by Emily Dickinson read by Vanessa Redgrave
Fame is a Bee by Emily Dickinson read by Vanessa Redgrave
Success is counted sweetest read by Vanessa Redgrave
There’s A Certain Slant of Light by Emily Dickinson read by Vanessa Redgrave
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Child by Sylvia Plath read by Vanessa Redgrave
Like Rain it Sounded til it Curved by Emily Dickinson read by Vanessa Redgrave
Fame is a Bee by Emily Dickinson read by Vanessa Redgrave
Success is counted sweetest read by Vanessa Redgrave
There’s A Certain Slant of Light by Emily Dickinson read by Vanessa Redgrave

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