DONNE: THE REFORMED SOUL

John Donne's life story is inextricably tied up with the fabric of a society in the throes of religious persecution. His family had long been subject to the terror inflicted upon Catholics under the reign of Elizabeth I, and Donne was consumed by the question of his own faith and by trying to figure out what it is that connects human beings - and keeps them apart. John Stubbs chronicles not only a long and bitter sectarian conflict, but also the love story of a young couple who broke the rules of their society, and paid the ultimate price.