This reading works incredibly well in the trailer, and the tone and ascending hysteria achieved is excellent, but I have to say that I think Holmes missed the natural meter of Kipling’s poem. As I read it, Kipling was very much imitating the rhythm of the footfall of marching feet, and that’s absent here.
This reading works incredibly well in the trailer, and the tone and ascending hysteria achieved is excellent, but I have to say that I think Holmes missed the natural meter of Kipling’s poem. As I read it, Kipling was very much imitating the rhythm of the footfall of marching feet, and that’s absent here.
I think the ultimate intention was to show the descent into madness through repetition and boredom. And for me Holmes achieves that very well.