'Readings At O. View / Studio Then / Front Garden, 1983' | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

'Readings At O. View / Studio Then / Front Garden, 1983'

Shelfmark

Dep. e. 574

Summary

Film of Owen Barfield (wearing a shirt and suit jacket), Jeanne Hunter, Tom Kranidas (wearing a t-shirt) and John Ulreich jr (wearing a checked shirt), reading from various texts. Barfield reads 'Sonnet XXIII' by John Milton in the studio, inside the house, and later he reads 'Love' by George Herbert, in the front garden. Filmed by his son, Jeffrey Barfield at his home, Orchard View, Dartford, Kent, in the Summer of 1983. The film is 15 minutes and 32 seconds long. It was originally recorded on Betamax videotape, and was converted to VHS videotape and then to a DVD. The picture quality is poor and there are some glitches.