The Walworth Beauty

Synopsis

2011: When Madeleine Loses Her Job As A Lecturer, She Decides To Leave Her Riverside Flat In Cobbled Stew Lane, Where History Never Feels Far Away And Move To Apricot Place. Yet Here Too, In This Quiet Walworth Cul-de-sac, She Senses The Past Encroaching: A Shifting In The Atmosphere, A Current Of Unseen Life. 1851: Joseph Benson Has Been Employed By Henry Mayhew To Help Research His Articles On The Working Classes. A Family Man With Mouths To Feed, Joseph Is Tasked With Coaxing Testimony From Prostitutes. Roaming The Southwark Streets, He Is Tempted By Brothels' Promises Of Pleasure - And As He Struggles With His Assignment, He Seeks Answers In Apricot Place, Where The Enigmatic Mrs Dulcimer Runs A Boarding House. As These Entwined Stories Unfold, Alive With The Sensations Of London Past And Present, The Two Eras Brush Against Each Other. Michèle Roberts.