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He Knew He Was Right (TV Series)
''He Knew He Was Right'' is a 2004 BBC TV adaptation of the Anthony Trollope novel '' He Knew He Was Right''. It was directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by Andrew Davies, produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark and starred Oliver Dimsdale, Laura Fraser, and Bill Nighy. It was originally broadcast on the BBC in four hourly episodes. Plot summary The series portrays the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealousy of a husband exacerbated by the stubbornness of a wilful wife. Cast *Oliver Dimsdale — Louis Trevelyan *Laura Fraser — Emily Trevelyan *Anna Massey — Miss Stanbury *Bill Nighy — Colonel Osborne *Geoffrey Palmer — Sir Marmaduke Rowley *Christina Cole — Nora Rowley * Geraldine James — Lady Rowley *Jane Lapotaire — Lady Milborough * Raymond Coulthard — Mr. Glascock * Maggie Ollerenshaw — Martha *Stephen Campbell Moore — Hugh Stanbury *Caroline Martin — Dorothy Stanbury * Amy Marston — Priscilla Stanbury *Joanna David — Mrs. Stanbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costume Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's '' The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relationships in sumptuous surroundings, con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
