Andrew
Davies adapts again!
This time it is the novel by Winifred Holtby. The town
couldn’t be smaller, but the characters are as big as life. Each, with their
foibles and agendas, vie for space and influence.
As good as the characters are
written, the brightness comes from the actors that play them: stoic David
Morissey, able-to-tackle-any-emotion Anna Maxwell Martin,
hope-springs-eternal-Penelope Wilton, and last but definitely not least,
more-charm-than-what’s-good-for-him Shaun Dooley.
I just read about a 1938 filmversion with Ralph Richardson and Glynis Johns as his daughter! I love how a
movie can open up a whole treasure trove of unexplored possiblilities of other
films and actors’ work.
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