The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

dramatisation

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake (with introduction) (youtube.com) The following dramatisation of the Marriage of Heaven and Hell and the introductory talk were originally broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The Blake Society is grateful to the dramatiser for making this available. As with all the recordings they are available for mp3 download on the Blake Society web site at www.blakesociety.org.uk/voice.

Without contraries there is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate are necessary to human existence. William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Wikipedia) The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is a book by the English poet and printmaker William Blake. It is a series of texts written in imitation of biblical prophecy but expressing Blake’s own intensely personal Romantic and revolutionary beliefs. Like his other books, it was published as printed sheets from etched plates containing prose, poetry, and illustrations. The plates were then coloured by Blake and his wife Catherine.