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1. First Stirrings

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Early criticism and meeting Manet. The life of female impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. Starring Sarah-Jane Holm.

The story of female impressionist painter Berthe Morisot told 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 脡douard Manet.

Jane Beeson's five-part series.

Berthe ... Sarah-Jane Holm
Cornelie ... Pauline Munro
Manet ...Simon Chandler
Edma .... Alison Pettitt
Guichard .... Robert Lister
Woolf ... Ian Brooker

Directed at 91福利社 Pebble Mill by Peter Leslie Wild.

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in October 2001.

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