Injuly 1841, the poetjohn Clare escaped from a lunatic asylum in Epping
Forest and walked home to
Northamptonshire. He thought he was returning to his first sweetheart
Mary, but he was instead picked up by his wife Martha, and shortly afterwards sent to another asylum for the rest of his life. Written by Nan Woodhouse , with Christian Rodska as John Clare. DirectorShaun MacLoughlin