Whale Nation

by Heathcote Williams (Read by), Harry Burton (Read by), Caroline Webster (Read by)

Overview

2-Time Award-Winner!

1996 AudioFile Earphones Award

1995 Talkies Award • Best Poetry

'Leviathan...
Upon earth there is not his like,
who is made without fear.
Will he speak soft words unto thee?' Job 41

Whale Nation is a hymn to the beauty, intelligence and majesty of the largest mammal on earth. A 'green classic' read with natural resonance by its author, it rarely fails to strike a chord in the heart of those concerned with the abuse of our planet. It is joined by additional content devoted to a fascinating account of whale history.

Music: Mendelssohn, Holst, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, Ciurlionis, The Song of the Humpback Whale

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781094015071
Publisher:	Naxos
Publication date:	09/03/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.50(h) x 5.00(d)

About the Author

Heathcote Williams
is a poet, playwright, author, and actor. His first book, The Speakers, was published in 1964. A portrait of the orators at
Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, it was greeted with critical acclaim. He went on to write his epic poems Whale Nation, Autogedden, Sacred Elephant, and Falling for a
Dolphin, which were all published by Jonathan Cape and released as audiobooks, and have won numerous awards. Heathcote is also an award-winning playwright. His first full length play, AC/DC,
won a hat trick of prestigious awards: the Evening Standard Award for Most
Promising Play, the George Devine Award, and the John Whiting Award. His later play, The Local Stigmatic, first played at the Royal Court in 1966 and was made into a film by Al Pacino. In
2011, Roy Hutchins launched a show of Heathcote’s newer poems entitled Zanzibar Cats which has had a UK Tour and a run in Edinburgh where it won the prestigious Herald Archangel Award.
Heathcote lives in Oxford, England with his wife, Diana Senior.

Harry Burton is a versatile young actor, who has taken leading roles in many theatrical and operatic productions, including Figaro
and Papageno. His TV appearances include First among Equals, Fortunes of
War, and Soldier Soldier. Film credits include A Summer Story and The Trial.

Caroline Webster
works extensively in UK television, radio, and theater. She has appeared in no fewer than four Alan Ayckbourn plays—three of them directed by the playwright—both in Scarborough and the Royal National Theatre, London.