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One of the greatest love stories of English literature. The beautiful invalid Elizabeth Barrett lives under the despotic rule of her Victorian father Edward Moulton Barrett. Her one great passion and means of escape is writing poetry, to which she devotes a large part of her days. Then she makes the acquaintance of dashing fellow poet Robert Browning, who literally sweeps her off her feet. Robert asks for Elizabeth's hand in marriage, but Edward refuses to allow it. Elizabeth must battle her father for the right to live her own life. The scene is set for a titanic struggle for the hearts and minds of England's greatest poets....

Cast/Performers

Richard Sleath, Ian Chivers, Mark Rogers, Paul Cogswell, Keir Howeld, Dominic Wilson, Kate Woodward, Jazmin Dervish, Lucy Cocking, Andy Snowball, Panos Panayi, Roger Nicholls, Sunna Hosking, Lesley Lightfoot

Creatives/Company

Author: Rudolph Besier
Company: Actors Company
Design(s): Sue Willmington, Adrian Linford
Director: Clifford Milner