Sue Prideaux on Edvard Munch, 4th of 5 [15min]

Munch admits himself into a private clinic to try and deal with his chronic alcoholism. But he also realises that he needs to be tormented by demons in order to paint his best work. Sue Prideaux's Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream (Yale University Press) -- here abridged by dramatist Polly Coles and read by actor Louis Hillyer -- is the first full biography of Munch written in English.