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Article: Painting words with a picture; Three famous paintings are the starting points for a series of plays this week on Radio 4. Andrew Davies talks to producer Peter Leslie Wild and the author of the first in the series, which focuses on Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery's Pre-Raphaelite classic, The Last of England.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- January 20, 2003
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Aman and a woman sit, huddled up and wrapped in blankets against the side of a sailing ship.
Their faces are bravely held in mask-like composure, concealing a maelstrom of emotions echoed by the turbulent sea, iced with white horses, behind them.
As the white cliffs of Dover recede into the background, the well-dressed, middleclass couple sit, their umbrella braced against the wind and spray, staring straight ahead, as behind them a minor cast of distributable rogues lurch, threaten, wave their fists, and get on with their ...