Eileen Atkins and Alex Jennings in Hope Bourne, a portrait of the writer/artist’s life.
Set on the remote moorlands of Exmoor, this biographical drama explores a pivotal period in the life of the writer and artist Hope Bourne [1918-2010] who lived for several decades alone without electricity, surviving by hunting, growing her own food and maintaining a fiercely independent way of life.
The drama centres on her relationship with the publisher Anthony Dent, who becomes intrigued when she sends him an untidy but compelling draft of her journals, illustrated with striking drawings. His subsequent visits to Exmoor to discuss publishing lead to an unlikely friendship that develops over several years.
The play was written specifically for Eileen Atkins, acting alongside Alex Jennings.
