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Poetry reading. Begins with tracking lines in black. A tracking and sound wave cuts an image in at the 09 sec mark. A wide shot of a dark-haired Scottish man in a dark suit jacket is standing in the crook of an L-shaped stage. An English man dressed in a lighter suit jacket sits on the stage behind him, seated at a small, white and round table with a water jug, a water glass and 2 chairs. A microphone is visible off-right. The film is being shot by a stationary camera positioned at front centre. The room (Blythswood Square) is white-washed with square-shaped wooden panelling along its ceiling perimeter. This is a cut and continuation of the footage of 'Chris Wallace Crabbe (1)' (TE2/1973/105). After an introduction, Crabbe takes over from the Scottish man at about the 1 min mark, starting with an anecdote and reading from a small paperback book. The camera gradually zooms into Crabbe's face, achieving this by halfway through the film. When the camera zooms out at 18 min, 41 sec, a photo camera-like flashing occurs, tapering off at 19 min, 20 sec when there is a zoom in on Crabbe from the torso-up. The flashes begin again at 19 min, 48 sec. Ends with applause from the audience, a zoom out to reveal the dark-haired Scottish man as he rises to address the audience from the foot of the stage. He thanks Crabbe and announces future planned poetry readings, "...the details I've forgotten...", ending mid-sentence on soundless static, the footage cuts.