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Ruth Rosen returns following her much acclaimed "Bright Star" about John Keats. This time she has tackled William Blake. Ruth will be taking Burning Bright onto Chichester Theatre
William Blake is one of Britain?s greatest artists.
Poet, painter, engraver and prophet, he lived a life of obscurity and poverty amid accusations of madness.
Using only Blake?s own words ? from his letters, poems and prose ? leading poetry and prose performer Ruth Rosen takes us on an inspiring, moving and sometimes startling journey through the extraordinary mind of Blake?s visionary genius. And it is a revelation
NB: The Venue, which is accessible to all, will have reduced capacity to aid the socially distanced seating and masks will be required.
About Ruth Rosen
"One of England's leading poetry and prose performers."
Since leaving the Royal Shakespeare Company Ruth Rosen has established a unique international reputation for her highly individualised literary portraits and has appeared at many major national and international festivals and theatres.
Writers with whom she has frequently given performances include Harold Pinter, D. M. Thomas and biographer Michael Holroyd.
Ruth?s solo shows and dramatised readings, which she has devised and researched herself, are based on the work of a wide range of writers and other personalities.
These include Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Bronte, Lou Andreas-Salome, James Joyce, Gandhi, George Sand, Colette, Elizabeth Bishop, the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, and Scottish Poet W.S. Graham.
She has also devised and performed a series of lunchtime performances at the Tate Gallery, London, inspired by and performed amongst the paintings of Turner, William Blake and Burne-Jones.
Her National Theatre Platform Performances at the Olivier Theatre include a celebration of the life of Anna Akhmatova, ?You will Hear Thunder?, written for her by D.M. Thomas, the poems of W.S. Graham with Harold Pinter and The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas.
On behalf of the British Council who describe her as "one of England's leading poetry and prose performers," she has given performances in Russia and the Far East of both British poetry and ?The Best of Commonwealth Poetry and Prose?, and in Britain on Ted Hughes and Iris Murdoch.
Her current solo shows are ?The Wasteland?by T.S. Eliot; the BBC?s ?Nations Favourite Poems?, ?Bright Star? based on the poems and letters of John Keats, and ?Man Without a Mask? the poetry, prose, letters and other writings of William Blake.
With Martin Kemp, Ruth Rosen also performs ?Daggers Drawn? from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci and the Sonnets and Letters of Michelangelo.
10 Keats Grove,
Hampstead,
Greater London,
England,
NW3 2RR.
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