We launched ‘A Masque for Keats’ at Keats-Shelley House, in February with a special preview to follow in June. It will be the third and final work in a trilogy of verse-dramas that offer contemporary perspectives on the lives of the romantic poets in Italy.
This new work will chart the poet’s journey from above a London pub to the Spanish Steps in Piazza di Spagna, Rome and will explore attitudes to class, fame and mental health.
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I’m writing a series of short, lyric essays charting the last days of the poet in Rome, describing why I feel an affinity with him, what troubles me about him and, considering so much as already been written, why I’m making this new work on John Keats.
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LOVING THE PAIN AWAY →
LOVE IS MY RELIGION →
WRIT IN WATER →
WHEN A LIGHT GOES OUT →
Heart aches with John Keats →
A PORTRAIT OF JOHN KEATS →
DEAR JOHN →
JOHN KEATS: VULGAR COCKNEY →
A new year with John Keats →
Christmas with John Keats →
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JAN NOBLE 