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2. Passion
Episode 2 of 5
The life of female impressionist painter Berthe Morisot: confidence and self-doubt in Paris. Stars Sarah-Jane Holm.
Berthe compares herself to Baudelaire, and Édouard Manet is impressed with her passion.
As her sister settles into married domesticity, Berthe encounters a slightly more comical suitor of her own.
Jane Beeson's series looking at female impressionist painter, Berthe Morisot through her correspondence with her mother and sister.
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.
Last on
Wed 16 Mar 2022
02:15
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
Broadcasts
- Tue 4 Sep 2018 14:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 5 Sep 2018 02:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 15 Mar 2022 14:15ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 16 Mar 2022 02:15ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra