'Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion' by William Blake part 4 of 8

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Below is some information on the reader and what it felt like to make this recording.
Tim Bruce
is an actor, singer and writer who has narrated over 40 audiobooks across all genres,
including the Oxford Book of War Poetry and many works by William Blake. His two act
play 'William Blake's Divine Humanity' (based on 'Jerusalem', 'Milton', 'The Book of Job',
'Songs of Innocence and of Experience' and the life and works of William Blake) was the
centre-piece of the Blake 250 festival at the Charing Cross Theatre in 2007 and was
shortlisted for the Meyer-Whitworth award administered by the Royal National Theatre.
Since then the international company Theatre of Eternal Values has been touring around
the world with a spin-off production entitled 'Eternity in an Hour' (notably to the New York
International Theatre Festival, the National Theatre of Switzerland and the National
Theatre of Turkey). In this, Tim plays the lead role of Blake. TV includes: Bleak House,
Hollyoaks, Family Affairs, Byker Grove, 55 Degrees North, In Suspicious Circumstances.
www.timbruce.co.uk
Recollections while making this recording:
Jerusalem is a truly visionary work of extraordinary dimension, both in its depth of
understanding and in its cosmic expanse. In every respect I found it utterly stretching and
completely exhausting, as I struggled to expand my limited being to encompass the
enormity of Blake's themes - to convey both the subtle intensity, yet minute clarity of his
meaning, and the immense symbolic power of his characters, while maintaining their
simple elemental humanity. I agree with Blake from the bottom of my heart, when he
claims prophetically that Jerusalem is 'The Grandest Poem that this World Contains'. In
maybe 10 years time, when I have expanded some more, I would love to do it again!

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