This program plumbs the depths of what may appear to be a simple narrative poem as actress Charlotte Cornwell reads the complete text of "The Lady of Shalott" over illustrations by Charles Keeping. Then a range of people—an artist, a historian, a former prison inmate, among others—offer their differing responses. (20 minutes)

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