the work of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, on which she [Marianne Nault Jennings] made contributions to BBC2's The Late Show and Radio 4's Women's Hour .She and Mr [John] Jennings, who lived at Shelfield near Stratford-upon-Avon, were members of the Stratford Playwrights group, under whose banner two more of her plays were produced. She also wrote poetry, some of which was published in literary magzines including Stand.
from The Birmingham Post: Marianne Nault dies aged 65
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I knew Marianne Nault in the early 80s when she was a tutor for the Extramural Department at Birmingham University. Every fortnight for two or three winters, a dozen of us would fetch up at Pershore Library or at the Angel Inn & Posting House on Pershore High Street to discuss books. We were a motley group, but for me the sessions were a lifeline: a few hours when I could leave my two small children in the care of their father and stretch my mind a bit.
Quite simply, Marianne was an exceptional teacher. She was knowledgeable, fair, lively and focused; she wore her immense learning lightly. Nearly thirty years on, I feel that it was a great privilege to have known Marianne and to have learned from her.
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