Go Gently

 It’s 6.20 and it’s my third 12 hour community shift
Coffee time…..the air is already humid and it feels like another hot one.
It’s a lazy post today 
The nameless actor who spoke so eloquently about the Rainbow Bridge has posted another video, this time it’s the famous Dylan Thomas Go Gently speech .
It’s quite beautiful 
I love the way some commentators missed my reason for posting the Rainbow video. It’s not the sentiment that intrigued or even pleased me ( I don’t believe in any afterlives) 
But it’s about performance and passion.
I think this actor has that in bucket loads
Enjoy


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37 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:22 am

    Wow John, beautiful Thank you. Sandy from mid wales

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  2. Yorkshire Liz6:59 am

    Hmn. Very emotive, but left himself with nowhere to go after the first line and no other gear. If you want some good monologues, go onto YouTube and watch a plethora of wonderful Letters Live readings - big events with a revolving cast that are charity fundraisers. Andrew Scott, Alan Rickman, David Tennant or Benedict Cumberbatch performing anything, and add a strong dash of Nicholas Galitzine in any way you like. Just that tip of the iceberg should entertain for the rest of the day/week and be a crash course in acting appreciation worthy of the loved and much missed Cis Berry. You're welcome!

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    1. John Going Gently7:30 pm

      I adore letters live
      My favourite is by the Queen mother read by Olivia Colman

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  3. Moving with Mitchell7:56 am

    Beautiful. I hope he gets discovered. (Also, a very shallow aside: He wears that T-shirt well.)

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  4. Fiona 8:16 am

    Beautiful. I agree with you about the rainbow bridge, it was his performance that was so very special, the emotion he portrayed with his eyes and his voice, was raw and real.

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    1. John Going Gently7:33 pm

      It’s always moving seeing someone else emotional , it’s catching

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  5. Sue 8:25 am

    You can't go wrong with a bit of Dylan Thomas ... and a magnificent actor can you.

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    1. John Going Gently7:35 pm

      Richard Burton had THE voice for Thomas

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    2. Sue 1:47 pm

      Oh I agree, the radio play of Under Milkwood was what brought me to Dylan all those years ago.

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  6. Joan (Devon)9:47 am

    Excellent delivery!

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  7. happy hooker10:00 am

    I've always loved that poem, and he delivers it well. xx

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    1. John Going Gently7:35 pm

      I’m never sure I agree with the poem

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  8. Anonymous10:01 am

    Thank you. A great performance by this actor. Such a great piece to read at funerals; I read this at my father's funeral and could barely get through it.
    Phil from St. Asaph.

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    1. John Going Gently7:37 pm

      Well a local man commentating how exciting

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  9. Peter10:56 am

    Wow!

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  10. Debra She Who Seeks12:18 pm

    Yes, he's very talented!

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  11. weaver1:43 pm

    one of my sisters in law (from my first marriage) was a great Dylan fan. She lived in a retirement community. One morning she was missing at breakfast and the warden went to her flat. She was sitting in her chair, she had died in the night and that poem wasopen on her knees.

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  12. Raybeard2:01 pm

    Such clear articulation. An example to emulate.

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    1. John Going Gently7:24 pm

      I’ve always envied people who ACT a story

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    2. John Going Gently7:25 pm

      I can write one but not tell one raymondo xx

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  13. Barbara Anne2:14 pm

    What a lovely start to my morning. Ta, John.

    Hope your l long shift is pleasant and well cooled . It's forecast to be 35*C here so iced tea and peach tea (Crystal Light) are the order of the day aslong with the A/C!

    Hugs!

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    1. John Going Gently7:24 pm

      It was rather busy but I felt it had gone well …..the feet are throbbing again

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  14. Damselfly3:30 pm

    Thanks ever so much for bringing him to our attention! He's an extremely talented and successful voiceover actor, and his name is Christopher Tester. https://www.naturallyrp.co.uk/

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  15. Gary4:38 pm

    Thanks John. Had me in tears. A good sign

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  16. Anonymous5:42 pm

    Was this poem the inspiration for the name of your blog?

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    1. John Going Gently7:16 pm

      Not at all , the inspiration is a book called Going Gently by David Nobbs
      A gentle read about an old woman reviewing her life after a stroke

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  17. Michael8:13 pm

    I am catching up on your blog and I just read the last four or five posts. That actor that you posted is magnificent. He is even acting with his eyes.

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  18. Lisa Holmes9:02 pm

    He spoke that as though they were his own words. Very moving x

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  19. Yorkshire Pudding8:57 am

    He understands every word and why Dylan Thomas wrote that famous poem.

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  20. beyondbeige10:27 pm

    Only the English sound this good! Imagine a native New Yorker reciting this poem. Gaaah.....

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