Muse by KRISTIN LUNDBERG
There are two versions of this script depending on production needs:
1. Two roles: Rossetti and Lizzie (reviews below reflect this script)
2. Five roles: Rossetti, Lizzie, Christina, Millais, and Hunt.
Based on a true story and set in 19th century England, this Victorian romance opens with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a painter of sensuality -- famed for founding the Pre-Raphaelite...
There are two versions of this script depending on production needs:
1. Two roles: Rossetti and Lizzie (reviews below reflect this script)
2. Five roles: Rossetti, Lizzie, Christina, Millais, and Hunt.
Based on a true story and set in 19th century England, this Victorian romance opens with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a painter of sensuality -- famed for founding the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which revolutionized fine art -- remembering Elizabeth Siddal, his model, his MUSE...his greatest passion. What follows is a kaleidoscope of memories - both passionate and painful.
Siddal was chosen as the model for John Millais famous painting of Shakespeare's “Ophelia” and, at the insistence of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, she became the embodiment of grace and beauty being immortalized in paintings and living a life that not even she could have dreamt of.
Through Rossetti’s story, we follow his journey working with the brotherhood of artists as they produce canvases reminiscent of medieval paintings. MUSE embodies the explosive struggles of his relationship with Lizzie, his muse, his model and later, his artistic competitor.