Stevie Smith Interview | BBC Monitor | 1965

Includes readings of "The Warden," "Not Waving But Drowning," the first two stanzas of "Look!", "I'll Have Your Heart," and "Pad, Pad."

[@Glenister-ib5si]

Stevie Smith has always fascinated me~Thank you for posting this simply glorious footage of her!

[@tifrice1683]

I saw "Stevie" twice in one week in 1982 when the film was finally released in NYC..In '85 one night NBC broadcast it as the late movie and I taped it on my VCR. I memorized it (as one does when one loves England, Poetry and Glenda Jackson) In 1996 I made a pilgrimage to 1 Avondale Road, Palmers Green, London..Where Stevie lived all her life. 2023 and little over a month left of that and This is the first time I've heard Stevie's actual voice..❤Thank You so very much❤️

[@stephenlyall7759]

So much fun.

[@evastenskar3990]

I love Stevie Smith so much! This is a great clip and by the time one gets to "18 months old and already odious", it is hard not to laugh out loud.

[@benewing248]

Intriguing and deep meaning. Try to get access to the film, “Stevie”. She is in an electric mood or desperate sadness. Stevie is portrayed by Glenda Jackson, a genius who left us recently. Watch it, you’ll love it for the portrayal of her aunt by Mona Washburn.