
1. First Stirrings
Early criticism and meeting Manet. The life of female impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. Starring Sarah-Jane Holm.
Jane Beeson tells the story of the female impressionist painter Berthe Morisot through her correspondence with her mother and sister.
As the first impressionist exhibition opens to the ridicule of the critics, the first stirrings of Berthe's talent are recalled with an early encounter with Édouard Manet.
Berthe ... Sarah-Jane Holm
Cornelie ... Pauline Munro
Manet ...Simon Chandler
Edma .... Alison Pettitt
Guichard .... Robert Lister
Woolf ... Ian Brooker
Directed at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Pebble Mill by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in October 2001.
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