''Langrishe, Go Down'', the novel by

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(1966), was adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter, directed by David Jones, filmed for BBC Television in association with Raidió Teilifís Éireann, and first broadcast in September 1978 as a 90-minute BBC2's ''Play of the Week''. On 17 July, 2002, ''Langrishe, Go Down'' was re-released as a theatrical

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feature film, after being shown in The Spaces Between the Words: A Tribute to Harold Pinter, by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, as part of the Harold Pinter Festival of the Lincoln Center Festival 2001, held at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in

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, from 21 to 31 July 2001.

Credits

*Screenplay: Harold Pinter, from the novel by

*Director: David Jones *Original score:

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*Photography: Elmer Cossey *Designer:

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*Sound Recordist: Graham Hare

Cast

*Imogen Langrishe:

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*Otto Beck:

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*Helen Langrishe:

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*Lily Langrishe: Susan Williamson *Maureen Layde: Margaret Whiting *Barry Shannon: Harold Pinter

Setting

The setting is a fading Irish mansion in the Kilkenny countryside, in the late 1930s, and also includes some locations in

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Plot synopsis

Three spinster sisters, Imogene (Dench), Helen (Crosbie), and Lily Langrishe (Williamson), lose their equanimity — and in the case of Imogene her virginity — when a mature German student (

) rents lodging from them while he works on his thesis.

Home media

The film was released on DVD in Australia by MRA Entertainment.

Notes

External links

* {{David Jones 1978 television films 1978 films 1978 drama films 1978 television plays BBC television dramas Films directed by David Jones Films scored by Carl Davis Films with screenplays by Harold Pinter