A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

A biography of the poet W. B. Yeats and his contribution to the Irish independence movement as a Protestant nationalist.

Cast

Bob Geldof

as Self

Stephen Fry

as Self

Van Morrison

as Self

William Butler Yeats

as Self (archive footage)

Liam Neeson

as Self

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