Voices from Behind the Canvas

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Stories in which a famous painting, or a character within the painting, tells their tale.

A collection of short stories in which a famous painting, or a character within the painting, tells their tale.

Voices from Behind the Canvas: Ennui by Shena Mackay

Ennui by Shena Mackay

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The story of Walter Sickert's painting set in London's Camden Town.

A couple are lodging in London’s Camden Town in 1913. Story based on Walter Sickert’s painting. Read by Tilly Vosburgh.

"The time of day when a man and a woman wonder why fate has cast them together in these lodgings". Camden Town, London, 1913.

Shena Mackay's short story based on Walter Sickert's Ennui.

Read by Tilly Vosburgh.  

A collection of short stories in which a famous painting, or a character within the painting, tells their tale.

Producer Julia Butt

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

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