Alfred Noyes "The Highwayman" Poem Movie Animation poetry

Heres a virtual movie of Alfred Noyes reading his celebrated poem "The Highwayman" which was based on the true life story and many legends of the 18th century of English "Highwayman" ( A Robber outlaw who specialised in robbing passengers of horsedrawn coaches)Dick Turpin.

This sound recording was made in 1929..

Heres what wikipedia says about this colourful robber....

Richard (Dick) Turpin (born September 21, 1706 in Hempstead, Essex – died April 7, 1739 in York) was a legendary English rogue and the most famous historical highwayman. In life Richard Turpin was a violent man who committed offences such as deer stealing, burglary, highway robbery and probably murder before being executed in York. After his death, as "Dick" Turpin, he became the subject of legend, and was romanticised as the dashing and heroic highwayman in English ballads and popular theatre of the 18th and 19th century and later in film and television of the 20th century. There is considerable divergence between the history and legend of Turpin.

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Jim Clark
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