Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion by William Blake part 1 of 8

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This recording is part of the Blake Voice project of the Blake Society. • This and many more Blake recordings can be downloaded for free at http://www.blakesociety.org/voice/. • If you would like find out more about being involved in this project and making a recording please contact [email protected]. • This video will shortly have a link to the mp3 file so that if you enjoyed it online you can download the reading. • 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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