Cunard in the Desert

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On 19th March 1967, Delia receives a letter from Fred Willetts, saying she should receive Cunard in the Desert from Bennett Maxwell in the next few days.[1]

Delia Derbyshire's Creative Process says about it:

Cunard in the Desert
RADIO. FORMAL TITLE : Cunard in the Desert
DATE: 1967
COMPOSER: Delia Derbyshire PRODUCER: Fred Willetts
NOTES : Correspondence from Fred Willetts indicates that Derbyshire was asked to treat Bennett
Maxwell’s “Cunard in the Desert” radiophonically. No audio or documentation exists for the project, and
it is not listed in the RW Catalogue.
RELATED ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS : CDD/3/5 Letter, 1967

Cunard in the Desert is a poem included in the 1968 anthology NEW WRITERS VIII: BETWEEN THE BROKEN GLASS THE PEOPLE PLAY; THE DEATH OF MAYAKOVSKY AND OTHER POEMS; CUNARD IN THE DESERT. by Christine Bowler, Lyman Andrews, F. W. Willetts[2] so it appears to be by Fred Willetts, not by Bennett Maxwell.

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