Based
on well-documented historical facts, The Water Willows breathes life
into the brightest lights of London's Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a
reactionary art movement against stuffy Victorian ideals drawing
its inspiration from the more earthy medieval lore and aesthetics.
Wealthy decorator William Morris, cruelly betrayed and deeply hurt by
his painter friend and mentor Gabriel Rossetti, finds meaning in the
selfless cause of socialism and the betterment of the working class.
Meanwhile Rossetti, once a leader of the movement, slips into
paranoia, addiction and death over a single unflattering critique of
his poetry, and in doing so losing the love of the woman he
worshipped and painted over and over: William Morris' wife, Jane
Morris.
A three-act play about the lives of the brightest lights of London's Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a reactionary art movement against stuffy Victorian ideals.
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