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Mapp And Lucia (BBC TV Series)
''Mapp and Lucia'' is a British drama television series that was first broadcast on BBC One from 29 to 31 December 2014. The three-part series, adapted by Steve Pemberton and directed by Diarmuid Lawrence, is based on E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia (series), Mapp and Lucia collection of novels. The series features an ensemble cast, with British actresses Miranda Richardson and Anna Chancellor playing the eponymous characters Elizabeth Mapp and Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas. It is set in the Sussex coastal town of Tilling (Sussex), Tilling, based very closely on Rye, East Sussex, Rye, East Sussex, where it was filmed and where Benson lived. Although attracting modest viewing figures, the series received positive reviews from critics. Cast * Anna Chancellor as Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas * Steve Pemberton as Georgie Pillson * Miranda Richardson as Elizabeth Mapp * Mark Gatiss as Major Benjy * Felicity Montagu as Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow * Gemma Whelan as Irene Coles * Paul Ritter (actor), Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapp And Lucia
''Mapp and Lucia'' is a 1931 comic novel written by E. F. Benson. It is the fourth of six novels in the popular Mapp and Lucia series, about idle women in the 1920s and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities. It brings together two sets of characters from three previous Benson novels: "Lucia" Lucas, Georgie Pillson and Daisy Quantock from '' Queen Lucia'' (1920) and ''Lucia in London'' (1927), and Miss Elizabeth Mapp and her neighbours from '' Miss Mapp'' (1922). In this novel, Lucia and Georgie leave Riseholme to take up summer residence in Tilling, renting Miss Mapp's home of Mallards. Mapp and Lucia soon begin a war for the dominance of social life in Tilling. Plot Mrs. Emmeline Lucas — known to all as "Lucia" — has lost her beloved husband Peppino, who has died since the previous book. Coming out of mourning after a year, she finds that Daisy Quantock has taken over the Elizabethan fête that Lucia originally planned. Determined not to stick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |