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Afternoon Play: Beyond the Canvas: 2: The Death of Chatterton

on BBC Radio 4 FM

by Kelvin Segger.
A series of three plays inspired by great paintings.

Henry Wallis's famous depiction of the suicide in a garrett of the young Romantic poet was posed for by the writer George Meredith, who was at the time married to Mary Ellen. Wallis fell in love with Mary Ellen, and subsequently eloped with her to Italy.

Kelvin Segger's play, built around commentary by Simon Wilson, consultant curator at the Tate, imagines what it must have been like during that period in Italy and tries to understand the emotional turmoil Wallis would have experienced while he was painting his lover's husband.

Contributors

Writer:
Kelvin Segger
Commentary By:
Simon Wilson
Producer:
Rosie Boulton
Producer:
Peter Leslie Wild
Wallis:
Nick Fletcher
Mary Ellen:
Sarah-Jane Holm

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