The intense relationship between Robert Schumann, his wife Clara and Johannes Brahms, three of the 19th century’s most prolific musicians, has fascinated generations of music lovers.
On 16 June Beloved Clara, a programme of music and readings, arrives at The Atkinson, Southport.
It stars award-winning pianist Lucy Parham and two acclaimed actors: Joanna David, who has played roles in many TV costume dramas and will appear in the next series of Downton Abbey, and Martin Jarvis, a veteran of BBC TV and radio who has also appeared in many Hollywood films.