"Before Action" is a unique and one off Art installation - throughout the inside of Lichfield Cathedral.
The installation features bespoke recordings of 4 poems by Oscar winning actor Eddie Redmayne
which will be seen in their entirety for the first time during the 3 day installation...
Entry to the installation is free and entry will be every 30mins until 11pm with a
unique end to the installations at 12 midnight each evening. - Read more
To support our Somme event, please record yourself reading a war poem and tweet it with the hashtag #beforeaction pic.twitter.com/BedvD8R8ax— Lichfield Cathedral (@LichfieldCath) July 27, 2016
Please record a war poem for our Somme event, use the hashtag #beforeaction just like #EddieRedmayne pic.twitter.com/4syfsW4e0Y— Lichfield Cathedral (@LichfieldCath) July 28, 2016
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Read more about the project and watch Eddie's video in my earlier posts here:
Eddie Redmayne will NOT be at the sculpture exhibit. Peter Walker said he has another commitment, but this
project is very close to his heart so I decided to take part in it as well with a reading. I chose the poem by an
unknown soldier written in pencil on the chalk roof of a tunnel at La Boiselle. This is the poem Eddie wrote on
unknown soldier written in pencil on the chalk roof of a tunnel at La Boiselle. This is the poem Eddie wrote on
the cover of his script as an inspiration, when he prepared for the role of Stephen Waysford in the BBC
adaptation of the Sebastian Falks novel "Birdsong". (x)
Update Jan 25, 2017: The poem read by Eddie in a bts video
Update Jan 25, 2017: The poem read by Eddie in a bts video
“If in this place you are detained,
don’t look around you all in vain,
but cast your net and you will find,
that every cloud is silver lined. Still.”
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“Bajtárs, ki itt bent rekedsz,
ne veszítsd el mind hited,
ki elhiszi, reménye nem hiú,
meglátja, innen is van kiút.”
(Translated by Eszter Domonkos)
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If you don't know yet what to read, you find beautiful poems here
ne veszítsd el mind hited,
ki elhiszi, reménye nem hiú,
meglátja, innen is van kiút.”
(Translated by Eszter Domonkos)
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In honor of Eddie's commitment other Redmayniacs read too, there are a few who already
Updated on 2 August 2016
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