All About The Drama
A Quintessential Guide To British Period Dramas -
The costumes and the characters.
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Birdsong (2012) Sebastian Faulks
BBC 2-part drama. As an English soldier fights in the horrific trenches of northern France, he is haunted by the memories his forbidden love affair with a French woman. Starring Eddie Redmayne and Clémence Poésy.
Edwardian. World War I.
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A Fashion Favourite
The Edge Of Love (2008)
Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the poet Dylan Thomas. Starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Cillian Murphy.
1940’s
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A Fashion Favourite
The Edge Of Love
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Bring back Desperate Romantics!
Desperate Romantics (2009)
6-part Channel4 mini series about the Pre-Rafaelite Brotherhood. If any show deserved a second series it’s this one!
Around 1850. Victorian.
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Bring back Desperate Romantics!
Desperate Romantics
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A favourite
Stage Beauty (2004) Directed by Richard Eyre
The story of the first female actress allowed on stage and the male actor who she replaced. Starring Claire Danes, Billy Crudup, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Alice Eve, Zoe Tapper.
17th Century.
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A favourite
Stage Beauty
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A favourite
Stage Beauty
Before and after.
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Today i re-watched
Wilde (1997) Directed by Brian Gilbert
Biopic of Oscar Wilde starring Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Sheen, Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Ehle, Tom Wilkinson, Ioan Gruffudd.
1880’s. Victorian.
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