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Mansfield Park (2007 Film)
''Mansfield Park'' is a 2007 British television film directed by Iain B. MacDonald and starring Billie Piper, Michelle Ryan, and Blake Ritson. Adapted from Jane Austen's classic 1814 novel of the same name, the film is about Fanny Price, who is sent by her poor mother to live with wealthy relatives at their Mansfield estate. By the age of eighteen, Fanny is in love with her sensitive cousin who is studying to be a clergyman. Her feelings for him and her moral sense prevent her from accepting a marriage proposal from a much wealthier suitor. ''Mansfield Park'' premiered on 18 March 2007 on the United Kingdom network ITV at 9:00 p.m., as part of ''The Jane Austen Season''. It was filmed at Newby Hall, North Yorkshire, England. It made its TV debut in Canada on 23 December 2007 and in the United States on 27 January 2008. The drama ran for two hours (including advertisement breaks) in the United Kingdom, 90 minutes without the breaks. Cast Reception Writing for ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield Park (novel)
''Mansfield Park'' is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen's lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews until 1821. The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened family sends her at the age of ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood. From early on critical interpretation has been diverse, differing particularly over the character of the heroine, Austen's views about theatrical performance and the centrality or otherwise of ordination and religion, and on the question of slavery. Some of these problems have been highlighted in the several later adaptations of the story for stage and screen. Plot summary Fanny Price, at the age of ten, is sent from her impoverished home in Portsmouth to live with the family at Mansfield Park, the Northamptonshire co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Bertram
Edmund Bertram is a lead character in Jane Austen's 1814 novel ''Mansfield Park''. He is Sir Thomas's second son and plans to be ordained as a clergyman. He falls in love with Mary Crawford who constantly challenges his vocation. Edmund goes ahead with ordination. At the end of the novel he marries Fanny Price. Character Thomas Edwards regards Edmund as the most believable of Austen's heroes, not least because she allows the reader to have reservations about him. He has reality but also limitations.Edwards, Thomas (1965) "The Difficult Beauty of Mansfield Park". ''Nineteenth-Century Fiction'', vol. 20, no. 1, p 64, 65. www.jstor.org/stable/2932492 (Also in ''Jane Austen's Mansfield Park'', New York: Chelsea House, 1987 pp. 18, 19.) Edmund is a naturally kind and compassionate person, as demonstrated by his attitude towards Fanny Price, his impoverished young cousin who has come to live with Edmund's family from her home and family in Portsmouth. It is the sixteen year old Edm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mr Rushworth
Mr. James Rushworth is a character from Jane Austen's 1814 novel ''Mansfield Park''. ''Mansfield Park'' is about a young girl, Fanny Price, who goes to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams. The novel follows the familial life and social circle of the Bertrams. Rushworth is part of this circle. He is the son of Mrs. Rushworth and has inherited Sotherton Estate. He has 12,000 pounds a year, which makes him a very eligible bachelor. He is the fiance of Maria Bertram who is the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Bertram. His dull-witted character is in parallel to another 'Austen' character, Mr William Collins, from ''Pride and Prejudice''. Background Jane Austen was born in December 1775 and died in July 1817. She was a British novelist who wrote six novels: ''Sense and Sensibility'', ''Pride and Prejudice'', ''Mansfield Park'', '' Emma'', ''Persuasion'', and ''Northanger Abbey''. Her novels are social satires of the rights and freedoms (or lack thereof) allowed women in Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Kinnear
Rory Michael Kinnear (born 17 February 1978) is an English actor and playwright who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. In 2014, he won the Olivier Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of William Shakespeare's villain Iago in the National Theatre production of '' Othello''. He is known for playing Bill Tanner in the James Bond films '' Quantum of Solace'', ''Skyfall'', ''Spectre'' and ''No Time to Die'', and in various video games of the franchise. He is the youngest actor to play the role of Bill Tanner. He also won a Laurence Olivier Award for portraying Sir Fopling Flutter in a 2008 version of ''The Man of Mode'' by George Etherege, and a British Independent Film Award for his performance in the 2012 film '' Broken''. He is also known for starring as all the male inhabitants of the village of Cotson in the horror film ''Men'', as well as his TV roles including Michael on the BBC comedy ''Count Arthur Strong'' (2013–2017), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Morgan (actor)
Joseph Morgan (born Joseph Martin; 16 May 1981) is a British actor and director. He is best known for his role as Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson on The CW's ''The Vampire Diaries'' and its spin-off '' The Originals'', in which he is the lead. Early life Morgan was born in London, but lived in Swansea for 11 years. He is the oldest child in his family. He was a student at Morriston Comprehensive School and then studied a BTEC Performing Arts course at Gorseinon College (now Gower College Swansea), before moving back to London to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama in his late teens. Career Joseph Morgan's first ever acting audition was for ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' for Tom Riddle. Morgan starred in the first series of the Sky One television series '' Hex'', as Troy and has appeared in supporting roles in films such as ''Alexander'' and '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' and the BBC Two television series ''The Line of Beauty''. He has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie O'Neill
Margaret "Maggie" O'Neill (born 15 November 1962) is an English actress. She is known for her television roles in ''Peak Practice'' (2000–2002), '' Shameless'' (2004–2007) and ''EastEnders'' (2008). In 1986 she appeared in the music video for Simply Red's single "Holding Back The Years". In 1988, she appeared in the film ''Gorillas in the Mist''. Biography The youngest of six Catholic brothers and sisters born to head-teacher parents, O'Neill grew up in the Midlands, where she was educated at a convent school, and, after being inspired by a sixth-form drama teacher, "fell" into acting. After training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she starred in the video for Simply Red's "Holding Back the Years" in 1986, before making her professional stage debut in ''Moving Pictures'', by Stephen Lowe, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, in 1985. After making her professional screen debut in the British production ''Mona Lisa'' opposite Bob Hoskins in 1986, she made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Crawford
Henry Crawford is one of the main characters in Jane Austen's 1814 novel, ''Mansfield Park''. He is depicted as a man who, though not conventionally handsome, has great charisma. He is lively, witty and charming, a great asset at dinner parties, and admired by nearly all. Henry and his sister bring a fresh energy to the rather dour and oppressive atmosphere of Mansfield Park. At Sotherton his potential for disruption begins to emerge. Arrival of the Crawfords Backstory Henry's education had been at Westminster and Cambridge. On his twenty-first birthday, he inherited Everingham, an estate in Norfolk worth £4,000 a year (now equivalent to about £400,000). Henry and Mary Crawford are described as lively attractive personalities with elegant London airs, and often characterised by critics as the anti-hero and anti-heroine. Orphaned, they have been living in London with their uncle, the Admiral. The Admiral's wife is said to have favoured Mary, and the Admiral to have spoiled He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Beattie
Joseph Beattie (born 1978) is an English actor, known for portraying Malachi in the second season of '' Hex'' (2004) and Henry Crawford in ''Mansfield Park'' (2007). Background Beattie attended King Alfred School in Hampstead and later trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is a former member of the National Youth Music Theatre. Career Beattie made his film debut in '' The Browning Version'' (1994), and won a role in ''Velvet Goldmine'' (1998) while still at Guildhall. He has also appeared in the direct-to-video film '' Volcano: Nature Unleashed'' (also called ''Volcano'' or ''The Volcano Disaster''), as Antonio, and ''Brideshead Revisited'' (2008), as Anthony Blanche. On television, Beattie's first lead role was that of Flashman in the 2005 ITV adaptation of ''Tom Brown's Schooldays''. His other television credits include ''Colditz'', ''Malice Aforethought'', '' Hex'', ''Mansfield Park'' and '' Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye''. He played Eric Visnjic in the televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park)
Mary Crawford is a major character in Jane Austen's 1814 novel, ''Mansfield Park.'' Mary is depicted as attractive, caring and charismatic. The reader is gradually shown, often through the eyes of Fanny Price, a hidden, darker side to Mary's personality. Her wit disguises her superficiality and her charisma disguises her self-centredness. Edmund Bertram, an earnest young man and destined for the clergy falls deeply in love with her. Only at the end of the novel does reality overcome his romantic fantasies and he leaves her with deep regret. There is love and warmth in Mary's character and she is capable of genuine kindness. She grows in respect for Edmund and his values despite her fervent opposition to them. This heightened tension between her moral and materialistic values makes Mary's future search for a suitable husband more complex. She has great potential but it is unclear whether she will ever overcome the corrupting influence of London society's narcissistic culture. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayley Atwell
Hayley Elizabeth Atwell (born 5 April 1982) is a British and American actress. Born and raised in London, Atwell studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and made her stage debut in a 2005 production of James Kerr's translation of the Ancient Greek tragedy ''Prometheus Bound''. She subsequently appeared in multiple West End productions and on television, and was recognised for her breakthrough role as Lady Elizabeth Foster in '' The Duchess'' (2008), for which she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her leading performance in the miniseries ''The Pillars of the Earth'' (2010) earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film. Atwell rose to international prominence with her portrayal of Agent Peggy Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film '' Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011), a role she reprised in the short film '' Agent Carter'' (2013) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Hodge
Douglas Hodge is an English actor, director, and musician who has had an extensive career in theatre, as well as television and film where he has appeared in ''Robin Hood'' (2010), '' Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return'' and '' Diana'' (2013), ''Penny Dreadful'' (2016), ''Catastrophe'' (2018), '' Joker'' and ''Lost in Space'' (2019), '' The Great'' (2021), Early life When he was very young, his family moved to Wigmore, Gillingham, Kent. He attended Fairview Primary School and The Howard School in Rainham, Kent. He was awarded a position as student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), in London, but was not happy with the syllabus and left before graduating. This never affected his hunger to be an actor. Career Theatre Hodge has acted in plays by Harold Pinter, including '' No Man's Land'' at the Comedy Theatre in February 1993; '' Moonlight'' at the Almeida Theatre in September 1993; ''A Kind of Alaska'','' The Lover''; '' The Collection'' at the Donmar Warehouse in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemma Redgrave
Jemima Rebecca Redgrave (born 14 January 1965), known as Jemma Redgrave, is a fourth-generation British actress of the Redgrave family. She played the title character in four series of '' Bramwell'', and has a recurring role in ''Doctor Who'' as Kate Stewart, Head of Scientific Research at UNIT. As well as a career in television, she has appeared in many onstage productions and on film, including her portrayal of Evie Wilcox in the BAFTA-award-winning Merchant Ivory adaptation of ''Howards End''. Early life and family Born in London, she is the daughter of actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife, Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother, Luke Redgrave, who is a camera operator, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died in 1997 and her father died in 2010. She is the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, and cousin of Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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