Now - Joyce Hatto the book
I have been contacted by a journalist researching a book on the Joyce Hatto 'forgeries'. Presumably 'Joyce Hatto - the movie' will follow shortly. But deciding which pianists to put on the soundtrack album could be interesting.
Or will 'Joyce Hatto - the book' meet the same fate as a work in progress about a musician who has featured here several times? Reports suggest that biography may have been canned following threats of legal action from the musician's surviving spouse.
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Comments
Oh, but the Joyce Hatto story SO calls out for a sensitive, almost "chick-flick" movie. In it's own rather disturbing way, the love story of Hatto/Barrington-Coupe is quite touching. It really does have the making of a tender love story, somewhere between "Remains of the day" and "The grifters".
Cheers
David Cavlovic