Does a recording of George Orwell's voice exist?
March 2, 2020 11:05 AM Subscribe
I am positive I once listened to a recording of George Orwell's voice but I cannot find it anywhere. Am I mistaken?
I can find many sites that claim no audio recordings of Orwell's voice have ever been found. However, I am certain that I heard -- most likely on a podcast -- a scratchy, poor quality of Orwell, talking about Animal Farm. The person who introduced the clip even remarked about his received-pronunciation accent. This would have been in the last two or three years and therefore I think perhaps the recording was recently discovered. (I could of course be mistaken but it's so clear in my mind.)
I can find many sites that claim no audio recordings of Orwell's voice have ever been found. However, I am certain that I heard -- most likely on a podcast -- a scratchy, poor quality of Orwell, talking about Animal Farm. The person who introduced the clip even remarked about his received-pronunciation accent. This would have been in the last two or three years and therefore I think perhaps the recording was recently discovered. (I could of course be mistaken but it's so clear in my mind.)
I don't think his voice exists anywhere, but it seems there's a silent video from 1921 of some obscure sports game at Eton that has Orwell in it, see here or here. (Possible NSFW warning, the first link shows a young topless Arnold Schwarzenegger.)
posted by bright flowers at 11:31 AM on March 2, 2020
posted by bright flowers at 11:31 AM on March 2, 2020
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I have heard several instances of voice actors portraying Orwell, reading excerpts from his essays (with scratchy sound effects added to make them sound old-timey). Maybe you're thinking of one of those?
posted by theory at 11:24 AM on March 2, 2020