A rare recording taken from a live interview T. S. Eliot did for the BBC, broadcast during World War II. The original audio was pretty bad, but I cleaned it up as best I could. The thing that comes through most clearly is that nobody reads Eliot like Eliot.
Given TS Eliot's documented anti-semitism, I wonder why there is no line in this poem that questions traveling so far, simply to see a little Jew on the floor of a stable.
jabezvancleef 1 month ago
Bob, what a treasure! Thanks for the find and the fix.
lagal73 1 month ago
today's the day for it!
loggats 1 month ago
A Christmas gift from the Great Poet himself! Poetry is indeed the music of the soul. Thank you so much for sharing this gift!
TUESDAYSWITHTORMALA 1 month ago
One of my favourite heroes of literature and faith reads one of the most profound moments of faith and literature.
DD5975 1 year ago
i loved this poem back in the school days
massoua30 1 year ago
@marmadukesymesparker lol. I think it has something to do with the method of recording.
photoeditingchicken 1 year ago
Were you typing while you recorded it?
marmadukesymesparker 1 year ago
Thanks for posting, and thank you for working on the audio quality.
yaarge2 2 years ago
Thank you! I've been looking for his rendition of it... most of the vids here are other people reading the poem.
Psypomp 2 years ago