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William Blake's milton, Dylan Thomas centre, Swansea

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From: South Wales Evening Post
Date: 20071107
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Presented here as part of the Dylan Thomas Festival, this was an event which sought to interpret the work of visionary poet William Blake for a 21st Century audience - no easy task, for Blake's Prophetic Books are regarded as impenetrable.

Fitting, then, that Richard Ramsbotham - a performer whose own singular vision and evangelical zeal render him perfect for the task - should take on the challenge. Working against a series of projected backdrops depicting Blake's magical and sometimes downright eccentric paintings, Ramsbotham, accompanied by live music from Matthew Ratcliffe and Edwin ...

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