2 Kevin Segger The Death Of Chatterton

Afternoon Play: Beyond the Canvas Wed 22nd Jan 2003, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM A series of three plays inspired by great paintings. 2: The Death of Chatterton by Kelvin Segger. 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 herto 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. Producers Rosie Boulton and Peter Leslie Wild Commentary By:.........Simon Wilson Wallis:........Nick Fletcher Mary Ellen:.......Sarah-Jane Holm

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