Wilfred Owen Joyce Branagh as his mother Susan. His poetry has been reworked into various formats. For example, Benjamin Britten incorporated eight of Owen's poems into his "War Requiem", along with words from the Latin Mass for the Dead ("Missa pro Defunctis"). The "Requiem" was commissioned for the reconsecration of Coventry Cathedral and first performed there on 30 May 1962. Derek Jarman adapted it for the screen in 1988, with the 1963 recording as the soundtrack. The Ravishing Beauties recorded Owen's poem "Futility" in an April 1982 John Peel session. Also in 1982, 10,000 Maniacs recorded a song titled "Anthem for Doomed
County of the City of Coventry County of the City of Coventry The County of the City of Coventry was a former county corporate of England which existed between 1451 and 1842. The county corporate covered an area of Warwickshire of around and contained the city of Coventry and the surrounding villages of Ansty, Asthull, Biggin, Binley, Caludon, Exhall, Foleshill, Harnell, Horwell, Radford, Stoke, Styvechale, Walsgrave, Wood End and Wyken. During the medieval period Coventry, a town in Warwickshire, became an important city. King Henry VI granted Coventry the status of county corporate, largely to reward the city for the support it had given him. This