''Women in Love'' is a British two-part television film, a combined adaptation by William Ivory of two

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novels, ''

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'' (1915) and ''

Women in Love ''Women in Love'' (1920) is a novel by English author D. H. Lawrence. It is a sequel to his earlier novel ''The Rainbow'' (1915) and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, ...

'' (1920). Directed by Miranda Bowen and produced by Mark Pybus, it features

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and

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. It was first transmitted on

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on 24 and 31 March 2011. It was made by

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and filmed in South Africa. Other cast members included Ben Daniels as Will Brangwen. Music by

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Cast

as Rupert Birkin *

as Ursula Brangwen *

as Gerald Crich * Olivia Grant as Hermione Roddice *

as Gudrun Brangwen *

as Will Brangwen *

as Anna Brangwen *Patrick Lyster as Mr. Crich *James Alexander as Alexander Roddice *Grant Swanby as Wolfgang Loerke

Reception

In her review for ''

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'', Ceri Radford praised the performances and singled out Kinnear as the best. In conclusion, she said: "If you love DH Lawrence’s books, you probably loved this rich and well-acted adaptation. However, you may have found yourself cringing behind a cushion in places if, like me, you felt that the most tumescent thing in Lady Chatterley’s Lover was the prose." Sam Wollaston in ''

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'' said that the two novels had been "artfully sewn together" and that it was "quite true to Lawrence in spirit, I think", despite saying he "never got on well" with the author.

References

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