Episode of Series “Face to Face”.
John Freeman interviews Dame Edith Sitwell with the aim of observing the person behind the public face. A distinguished poet who lists her recreations as “listening to music and silence”. She received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Leeds, Durham, Oxford and Sheffield and was an Honorary Associate of the American Institute of Arts and Letters. Her first poems were published in 1915. This interview was recorded in 1959. Dame Edith Sitwell died on 9th December, 1964, at the age of 77, a few days after finishing her memoirs “Taken care of”. Drawings by Feliks Topolski.
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ACMI Identifier
002605
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Women - Interviews
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Literature → English literature
Literature → Poets - Biography
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)