You can find several YouTube videos featuring renown
Scottish actor Ian Richardson recitations of some of John Milton’s works.
Introduced by Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000). Gielgud is one of the few entertainers to have won all four of the major awards in the entertainment business: The Academy Award, the Emmy Award, the Tony Award, and the Grammy Award. (An interesting bit of trivia is that Sir Gielgud was J. K. Rowling's original inspiration for the character of Albus Dumbledore.)
Ian Richardson reading the first part of Paradise Lost.
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