A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield is a 1973 BBC television drama series starring Vanessa Redgrave as writer Katherine Mansfield, Jeremy Brett as her second husband John Middleton Murry, and Annette Crosbie as her life-long friend Ida Baker, known as L.M. The series consists of six fifty-minute parts each including episodes of Mansfield's life interwoven with adaptations of her short stories,[1][2] dramatized by English novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Robin Chapman (1933–2020).
| A Picture of Katherine Mansfield | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | The life and short stories of Katherine Mansfield |
| Written by | Robin Chapman |
| Directed by | Alan Cooke |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Rosemary Hill |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 1 May – 5 June 1973 |
Cast
- Vanessa Redgrave as Katherine Mansfield
- Jeremy Brett as John Middleton Murry
- Lyndon Hughes as Josie
- Annette Crosbie as L.M.
- Phyllida Law as Mother
- Bruce Purchase as Father
- Geoffrey Burridge as Henry
Short Story Adaptations
The Mansfield short story adaptations in each of the six episodes in the series each have their own cast, and are as follows:
- 1 'Psychology' and 'The Garden Party'
- 2 'Germans at Meat' and 'Something Childish but Very Natural'
- 3 'Je ne parle pas francais' and 'Sun and Moon'
- 4 'The Aloe' and 'The Man Without a Temperament'
- 5 'Bliss' and 'The Daughters of the Late Colonel'
- 6 'At the Bay' and 'Prelude'
References
- Meyers, Jeffrey (1978). Katherine Mansfield: A Biography. H. Hamilton.
- Baskin, Ellen (1996). Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press.
External links
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