Contains papers relating to the organisation, running, and content of the Festival. The Festival was entitled Verse and Voice and as it ran alongside, though independent of, the Commonwealth Arts Festival, it focussed on poetry and ballads of the Commonwealth. It was directed by Douglas Cleverdon.
Contains press cuttings, correspondence and papers relating to event advertising and proofs of advertisements, details of poster distribution, papers relating to the event programme, a press release, a copy of the Poets of Europe programme, and Fanfare for Europe programmes. Also includes photogr...
Contains minutes of one meeting of the 1973 Festival Advisory Committee, a photocopy of a press cutting relating to the 1973 festival, a list of events for the 1973 festival, photocopies of press cuttings relating to the 1974 festival, and a transcript of a BBC Radio 4 programme on the festival.