Videos

This page contains some of Alain’s live performances as well as some his poems that have been specially made as videos:

The Rape of Lucrece 

A live performance of the ‘graver labour’ referred to in the introduction verses of Venus and Adonis; This performance incorporates images of classic paintings of the story by Botticelli, Rubens, Veronese, and others to create a dark and brooding atmosphere to accompany this tragic story. You can watch it online here.

Venus and Adonis

A live performance of the long classic Shakespeare poem recorded in front of a live audience. This performance incorporates images of classic paintings inspired by the story by Botticelli, van Thulden and others.

You can watch it online here.

Love Is…

Snakes Inside My Ears…

The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

The Lake of Innisfree by William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats Medley Performed by Alain English

The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God by J. Milton Hayes

Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson

The Battle of the Bulge Performed by Alain English

Man Was Made to Mourn by Robert Burns

Here’s to the Losers by Alain English

The Greatest Game of All by Alain English

And Death Shall Have No Dominion by Dylan Thomas

Dirge Without Music by Edna St Vincent Millay

A Life at Sea Performed by Alain English

The Ghosts old Pittodrie Performed by Alain English

Alain English – Live at Adlib

The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes

Christmas Poetry Medley Performed by Alain English

How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr Seuss

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service

The Tay Bridge Disaster by William McGonagall

Ring Out Wild Bells (In Memoriam) by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Ye Jacobites Name by Robert Burns

Address to the Toothache by Robert Burns

Fall Forward by Alain English