Bleak house [videorecording]
2017
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Diana Fairfax and Colin Jeavons star in this BBC adaptation of the classic novel by Charles Dickens. When young Richard Carstone (Jeavons) and his cousin Ada (Elizabeth Shepherd) are caught up in the interminable legal case of Jarndyce versus Jarndyce, they find themselves drawn into a world where their lives will be affected by the attentions of their friend Esther (Fairfax), their guardian Mr John Jarndyce (Andrew Cruickshank), and the predatory attentions of various unscrupulous lawyers, boarding house owners, and debt collectors. As the story examines the injustices of the 19th century legal system, the two young cousins will each meet with very different ends as the case approaches its long-awaited conclusion.
Main title:
Bleak house [videorecording] / producer, Eric Taylor; writer, Constance Cox.
Author:
Cruickshank, Andrew, 1907-1988, actorFairfax, Diana, actorJeavons, Colin, actorDickens, Charles, 1812-1870, book author
Imprint:
Simply Media, 2017.
Collation:
2 videodiscs (390 min.) : b&w.
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English).Made in 1959.Based on the novel by Charles Dickens.DVDN.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Andrew Cruickshank, Diana Fairfax, Colin Jeavons, Timothy Bateson, Michael Aldridge, Iris Russell, Richard Pearson, John Phillips, Eileen Draycott, Elizabeth Shepherd.
Audience:
BBFC code: U.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.457
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
360300
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