Watch Ben Whishaw read Seamus Heaney's translation of "The Names of the Hare."
Earlier this month, at 92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center, actor Ben Whishaw performed a selection of work from The Translations of Seamus Heaney, edited by Marco Sonzogni, introducing the readings in a script written by Colm Tóibín. The evening included this riveting performance of Heaney’s translation of the anonymous and relatively obscure Middle English poem “The Names of the Hare,” an ecstatic, odd, and very funny bit of literature. Watch for yourself below:
Emily Temple
Emily Temple is the managing editor at Lit Hub. Her first novel, The Lightness, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in June 2020. You can buy it here.
