1. A New Dawn

In 1890, William Guest dreams it is at least the year 2003…

William Morris's utopian vision of a future England which had left Industrialisation behind was first published in 1890.

Abridged in five parts by Donald Bancroft.

Read by David Burke.

William Morris (1834 - 1896) was an English designer, craftsman, poet, and early socialist.

His decorative designs greatly influenced the rise of the Arts and Crafts movement in England and revolutionised Victorian taste.

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1990.