Play about poet’s life revived to help fund archive

This article was first published by BBC News.

Dorset dialect poet William Barnes bequeathed his writings, woodcuts and engravings to the county museum that he co-founded in 1846.

The William Barnes Society hopes to raise £35,000 to catalogue the collection so it can be accessed anywhere in the world.

The revival of The Year Clock, written by society vice president Tim Laycock, is among a number of fundraising events planned to support the project.

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