''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' is a nine-hour adaptation of the novel by

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. It is a recording of the stage play by The Royal Shakespeare Company at

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. It was

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's first major drama commission.

Plot

For a detailed plot, see '' The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby''.

Cast

Roger Rees Roger Rees (5 May 1944 – 10 July 2015) was a Welsh-American actor and director. He won an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play), The Life and Adventures of Nicho ...

Nicholas Nickleby ''Nicholas Nickleby'', or ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'', is the third novel by English author Charles Dickens, originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839. The character of Nickleby is a young man who must support his ...

* Emily Richard as Kate Nickleby *

Jane Downs Jane Margaret Downs (22 January 1935 – 20 May 2015) was an English actress. Early life Downs was born in Bromley, Kent, England. Career She started her career in the theatre, and later appeared on radio and in film, playing Kenneth More ...

as Mrs. Nickleby *

John Woodvine John Woodvine (born 21 July 1929) is an English actor who has appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles. Early life Woodvine was born in South Shields, the son of Rose (née Kelly) ...

as Ralph Nickleby * Edward Petherbridge as Newman Noggs *

David Threlfall David John Threlfall (born 12 October 1953) is an English stage, film and television actor and director. He is best known for playing Frank Gallagher in Channel 4's series '' Shameless''. He has also directed several episodes of the show. In Ap ...

as Smike * Alun Armstrong as Wackford Squeers * Suzanne Bertish as Fanny Squeers *

Bob Peck Robert Peck (23 August 1945 – 4 April 1999) was an English actor who played Ronald Craven in the television serial ''Edge of Darkness'', for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He ...

as John Browdie * Nicholas Gecks as Lord Verisopht * Christopher Benjamin as Vincent Crummles * David Lloyd Meredith as Charles Cheeryble * Christopher Ravenscroft as Frank Cheeryble * Jeffrey Dench as Arthur Gride * Lucy Gutteridge as Madeleine Bray

Awards

This production won the Outstanding Miniseries Primetime Emmy Award. It was also nominated for the following Primetime Emmy awards: Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling, Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special, and Outstanding Individual Achievement - Graphic Design and Title Sequences.

was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie,

was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie and

David Edgar (playwright) David Edgar FRSL (born 26 February 1948) is a British playwright and writer who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the ...

was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special.

References

External links

* * British drama films Films based on Nicholas Nickleby Films directed by Jim Goddard Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries winners Television series set in the 1830s Television shows based on works by Charles Dickens 1980s English-language films 1980s British films {{1980s-UK-film-stub