George Eliot is brought to bold and dramatic life, through Eliot’s novels, letters, journals, poetry and journalism
George Eliot is brought to bold and dramatic life, through Eliot’s novels, letters, journals, poetry and journalism.
The second richest woman of her day (after Queen Victoria), Eliot’s great works – Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, Adam Bede – and clear vision resonate as powerfully today.
Starring Hermione Norris (Cold Feet, The Salt Path) alongside acclaimed singer/songwriter, SuRie. Eliot’s story weaves around a dazzlingly creative music programme from David Le Page, and in tune with George Eliot’s radicalism, features music by 21st century female singer-songwriters including Kate Bush, Florence + the Machine and FKA twigs. Previous actors have included Harriet Walter, Hermione Norris, Sally Phillips.
