Four Weddings And Funeral Poem. 1994 film by Mike Newell Weddings and a poster FuneralTheatrical releaseDirected byMike NewellWritten byRichard Curtis Produced byDuncan KenworthyStarring Hugh Grant Andie MacDowell Kristin Scott Thomas Simon Callow James Fleet John Hannah Charlotte Coleman. The text is referenced often in film and TV such as in Four Weddings and a Funeral and Gavin and Stacey.
Do not go to the chapel. Do not get married. Pour out the ocean and sweep up the wood For nothing now can ever come to any good Charles.
For the inaugural post on this blog I have chosen a beautiful poem by W.
Auden which first appeared in the 1936 play The Ascent of F6Auden substantially rewrote the poem several years later as a cabaret song for the singer Hedli AndersonBoth versions were set to music by the composer Benjamin BrittenThe second version was first published in 1938 and was titled Funeral Blues in Audens. Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead. 1994 film by Mike Newell Weddings and a poster FuneralTheatrical releaseDirected byMike NewellWritten byRichard Curtis Produced byDuncan KenworthyStarring Hugh Grant Andie MacDowell Kristin Scott Thomas Simon Callow James Fleet John Hannah Charlotte Coleman. The first series was aired in 2009 with a second series in 2010.