DAMARISCOTTA — For two nights only, Heartwood Regional Theater Company presents John Farrell, reciting in its entirety, T.S. Eliot’s crowning poetic achievement, “Four Quartets.” Two evening performances will be presented at Skidompha Library on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 15 and 16, at 7:30 p.m.

In 2007, actor and poet Farrell set out to accomplish a goal of which he had dreamed for a quarter century. Over the next three years, he committed to memory the complete text of “Four Quartets,” a complex, deeply moving meditation on the human spirit, time, memory, and human striving toward the divine, a news release said.

In the spring of 2011, under the direction of Heartwood’s artistic director, Griff Braley, with special permission from the Eliot Estate, Farrell transformed an inner vision into a staged recitation which affords audiences an opportunity to immerse themselves in these 1,000 lines of poetry, spoken from memory. Having since recited in several locations and states, Farrell now returns to Damariscotta, where he first performed this piece.

Tickets are $12. Seating is very limited, and reservations are highly recommended, and available at 563-1373 or info@heartwoodtheater.org.

For information, visit www.heartwoodtheater.org.