Poetry from a painted mouthSourced
A curtain changed the appearance of recitation
Façade combines Edith Sitwell’s poems with William Walton’s music. Performances placed the recitation behind a curtain bearing a painted face, sending the words through a hole at its mouth with a megaphone. The visible face and the speaker were deliberately separated.
The painted mouth became the words’ point of exit.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05