I had heard Richard Armitage read these letters before but when you combine them with the video images from the film - it became alive. Richard's voice is always amazing and the feelings he brings across are so raw and real. How heart breaking for both of them! Thank you for making this and sharing it with us!
Well done you on combining this film and audio into a compelling video! I am a long-time fan of Richard Armitage's talent and you have shown one more example of the depth of it. He brings Ted Hughes right to us explaining his feelings and regrets with poignant emotion. You chose wonderful clips. thank you for sharing it with us.
Oh yes Ted was so broken up by Sylvia's death that he was writing love letters to Assia Wevill shortly after the suicide, and in fact, moved Assia into Plath's apartment with he and the children almost immediately after her death . I don't doubt that Hughes had regrets that she committed suicide over his affair, but I also think that like most people whose action causes a catastrophe, he had to fashion a fiction about it to save his own soul. His penance was to live with her ghost for 38 years.
Yes, indeed. Wow. I've always rather despised Ted Hughes, though I guess I had no real right to. I only knew th at he'd broken Sylvia's heart. I've wanted to see the movie for a long time. Who knows? I think hearing the letter made me more sympathetic toward him. I like Daniel Craig, but now I'm a bit disappointed that it wasn't RA playing him.
Why does he does he compare Sylvia with Emily Dickinson? Just because they both happen to be poets and both women? Why not rank her with all poets, not just female ones. I don't want to go off on an anti-Ted Hughes tirade but really there were some things about this guy that were less than likable.
It's pathetic, I know, but I just saw the film a couple of weeks ago now and all I could do was imagine Richard Armitage in the part. It was very unfair to Daniel Craig, but I do think Richard would have been a bit more realistic and a bit more sympathetic at the same time. We know that he can make his viewers empathize with characters even if they ARE baddies--otherwise there wouldn't be so many of us who wanted Guy to win once in a while! :)
I had heard Richard Armitage read these letters before but when you combine them with the video images from the film - it became alive. Richard's voice is always amazing and the feelings he brings across are so raw and real. How heart breaking for both of them! Thank you for making this and sharing it with us!
Such a tragic story but so beautifuly read by Richard!
This man's glorious voice actually makes Ted Hughes seem human, even sympathetic.
That is the mark of an extraordinary and gifted actor.
He was already a human???
@@alphavolta5038 eh, debatable, he cheated on his wife after seven years of marriage and two children
@@miachilders5750 Sounds pretty human to me!
Incredible read! This voice is so emotional!
Well done you on combining this film and audio into a compelling video! I am a long-time fan of Richard Armitage's talent and you have shown one more example of the depth of it. He brings Ted Hughes right to us explaining his feelings and regrets with poignant emotion. You chose wonderful clips. thank you for sharing it with us.
I love his voice.❤🙂
Wow so powerful. Nicely done with the film images. *sniff*
Oh yes Ted was so broken up by Sylvia's death that he was writing love letters to Assia Wevill shortly after the suicide, and in fact, moved Assia into Plath's apartment with he and the children almost immediately after her death . I don't doubt that Hughes had regrets that she committed suicide over his affair, but I also think that like most people whose action causes a catastrophe, he had to fashion a fiction about it to save his own soul. His penance was to live with her ghost for 38 years.
Bring on Thorin Oakenshield!
Some poems: I LOVE I LOVE, DEad And company... Thank you so much.
From the original on BBCRadio4,
Yes, indeed. Wow. I've always rather despised Ted Hughes, though I guess I had no real right to. I only knew th at he'd broken Sylvia's heart. I've wanted to see the movie for a long time. Who knows? I think hearing the letter made me more sympathetic toward him. I like Daniel Craig, but now I'm a bit disappointed that it wasn't RA playing him.
The Life writer S. Plath was very sad indeed.
Words words words
Why does he does he compare Sylvia with Emily Dickinson? Just because they both happen to be poets and both women? Why not rank her with all poets, not just female ones. I don't want to go off on an anti-Ted Hughes tirade but really there were some things about this guy that were less than likable.
It's pathetic, I know, but I just saw the film a couple of weeks ago now and all I could do was imagine Richard Armitage in the part. It was very unfair to Daniel Craig, but I do think Richard would have been a bit more realistic and a bit more sympathetic at the same time. We know that he can make his viewers empathize with characters even if they ARE baddies--otherwise there wouldn't be so many of us who wanted Guy to win once in a while! :)
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