| Description | Programme for National Poetry Day comprising the following events staged over the period 07 to 11 October 1996: Samuel Beckett Reading: Killian McKenna reads Samuel Beckett's epic poem First Love, directed by Valerie Doulton in the Cottesloe Theatre War Poetry and Poetry of Conscience: English War Poetry and a selection of poetry of conscience, read by Peter de Jersey, Tim Pigott-Smith and Jennie Stoller, directed by Valerie Doulton in the Lyttelton Theatre Loud and Clear: Tony Banks MP joins young people sharing their work on the themes of the environment in the Cottesloe Theatre Emergency Kit: Publication event for 'Emergency Kit: Poems for Strange Times', in the Cottesloe Theatre with Simon Armitage and Jo Shapcott |