Big Lit 2020: Annette Badland: Gertie And Me

Award winning actress Annette Badland was nominated for an Olivier for her performance in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice and is well known for her TV appearances in Midsomer Murders, EastEnders, Dr Who, Outlander and Cutting it not to mention horrid Hazel in the Archers on Radio 4 Annette played Gertrude Stein, novelist, poet, art collector, friend of Picasso and Hemingway, mentor to Cezanne, Matisse and F. Scott Fitzgerald to great acclaim at Shakespeares Globe Theatre last year. Gertie had sh