- Mansfield Park (1983 TV serial)
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Mansfield Park is a 1983 British television drama serial, made by the BBC, and adapted from Jane Austen's novel of the same name, originally published in 1814. The serial was the first screen adaptation of the novel. Contrary to Patricia Rozema's later movie adaption, it is faithful to Jane Austen's novel.
Set in 19th century England, Jane Austen's tale of virtue and vice tells of young and impoverished Fanny Price who arrives at the elegant country estate of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. Snubbed by everyone except her cousin Edmund, Fanny begins her long struggle for acceptance by her shallow relatives, who believe wealth automatically means quality. When Fanny finally wins the respect of her snobbish relatives, she incurs the displeasure of her uncle by rejecting the handsome philanderer Henry Crawford because shes see through Crawford's veneer and is unwilling to marry such an unprincipled man.
Contents
Cast and crew
Crew
- David Giles – director
- Kenneth Taylor – scriptwriter
Cast
- Katie Durham-Matthews – Young Fanny
- Sylvestra Le Touzel – Fanny Price
- Christopher Villiers – Tom Bertram
- Giles Ashton – Young Tom
- Nicholas Farrell – Edmund Bertram
- Alex Lowe – Young Edmund
- Samantha Bond – Maria Bertram
- Alys Wallbank – Young Maria
- Liz Crowther – Julia Bertram
- Sharon Beare – Young Julia
- Bernard Hepton – Sir Thomas Bertram
- Angela Pleasence – Lady Bertram
- Gillian Martell – Mrs Rushworth
- Jonathan Stephens – Mr Rushworth
- Anna Massey – Mrs Norris
- Peter Finn – Mr Norris
- Robert Burbage – Henry Crawford
- Jackie Smith-Wood – Mary Crawford
- Gorden Kaye – Dr Grant
- Susan Edmonstone – Mrs Grant
- Robin Langford – Mr Yates
- Kenneth Hage – Fiddler
- Allan Hendrick – William Price
- Luke Healy – Young William Price
- Alison Fiske – Mrs Price
- David Buck – Mr Price
- Eryl Maynard – Susan Price
- Claire Simmons – Betsey Price
- Paul Davies-Prowells – Sam Price
- James Campbell – Tom Price
- Jonny Lee Miller – Charles Price
- Vivienne Moore – Rebecca
- Neville Phillips – Baddely
- Norman Mann – Jenkins
- Paul Doust – Curate
- "Snuff" – Pug
- Derek Bourgeois – Composed and conducted music
- Marion McDougall, Anthony Smith – Production Managers
- Sheelagh Reese – Production Associate
- Yvonne Collins, Sally Dean – Production Assistants
- David Mason, Paul Carney – Assistant Floor Managers
- Peter Netley – Graphic Designer
- Sally Clements – Properties Buyer
- Roger Neal – Vision Control Supervisor
- John Barclay – Vision Mixer
- Trevor Wimlett, Chris Wickham – Cameramen
- Geoff Higgs – Engineering Manager
- Stan Pow – Video-take Editor
- Daphne Croker – Makeup Designer
- Ian Adley – Costume Designer
- Robin Luxford – Sound
- Bert Robinson – Lighting
- John Bone – Designer
- Betty Willingale – Producer
- David Giles – Director
- John and Mary Holmes – Trained Pug
External links
Jane Austen GeneralLife Places People Cassandra Austen • Charles Austen • Francis Austen • Eliza Hancock • Catherine Hubback • Thomas Langlois LefroyAnalysis Janeite • Jane Austen in popular culture • Styles and themes of Jane Austen • Georgian society in Jane Austen's novels • Reception history of Jane AustenWorksMajor Sense and Sensibility (1811) • Pride and Prejudice (1813) • Mansfield Park (1814) • Emma (1815) • Northanger Abbey (1817) • Persuasion (1817)Minor Juvenilia Love and Freindship • The Beautifull Cassandra • The History of EnglandCharacters Elinor Dashwood • Edward Ferrars • Marianne Dashwood • John Willoughby • Elizabeth Bennet • Fitzwilliam Darcy • Jane Bennet • Lydia Bennet • Charles Bingley • Fanny Price • Edmund Bertram • Mary Crawford • Henry Crawford • Tom Bertram • Maria Bertram • Emma Woodhouse • George Knightley • Anne Elliot • Captain Frederick Wentworth • Catherine Morland • Henry TilneyAdaptationsSense and Sensibility 1981 TV miniseries • 1995 film • 2008 TV miniseries • Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (2009 novel) • From Prada to Nada (2011 film)Pride and Prejudice 1940 film • First Impressions (1959 musical) • 1980 TV miniseries • 1995 TV miniseries • Darcy's Story • Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy (2003 film) • Mr. Darcy's Daughters (2003 novel) • An Assembly Such as This (2003 novel) • Duty and Desire (2004 novel) • These Three Remain (2005 novel) • Bride and Prejudice (2004 film) • 2005 film • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009 parody novel) • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls (2010 parody novel)Mansfield Park 1983 TV miniseries • 1999 film • 2007 TV miniseriesEmma 1972 TV miniseries • Clueless (1995 film) • 1996 film • 1996 TV miniseries • 2009 TV miniseries • Aisha (2009 film)Northanger Abbey Persuasion Categories:- BBC television dramas
- Television programmes based on works by Jane Austen
- 1980s British television series
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