Please join us for a reading, in both  English and  Italian, of  Elizabeth Barrett Browning's extraordinary love poems,  Sonnets from the Portuguese ,  dedicated to  Robert Browning.

The evening, organized in conjunction with the Edizioni Il Labirinto, will feature four poets and actors - Annelisa Alleva,  Francesco Dalessandro, Michael Fitzpatrick, Claire Serpi - who will give voice to the  Sonnets from the Portuguese,  as well as a brief introductory talk by the Curator of the Keats-Shelley House on  February's Treasure of the Month: a scallop-shell reliquary containing locks of John Milton's and Elizabeth Barrett's Browning's hair, once owned by Robert Browning, and will finish with a St Valentine's  brindisi.

This will be one of the last opportunities to catch the Keats-Shelley House's winter temporary exhibition 'Robert Browning, Reporting from Rome', which examines the story of English poet Robert Browning (1812-1889) during his time living in Italy and after he left, and includes a series of portraits and artefacts loaned to us by the Provost & Fellows of Eton College, grouped together in our Cabinet of Curiosities. Among these items is the stunning eighteenth-century engagement ring that Browning gave to his beloved Elizabeth Barrett.

Tickets cost €10.00 and must be purchased in advance. For more information: 06 678 42 35; [email protected]