Synopsis
Mathilda Gillespie, an eccentric recluse known for her incredible meanness of nature, is found dead in her bathtub, her wrists slashed and her head locked inside a so-called " scold's bridle", a rusted cage built with tongue clamps which was used as a torture device throughout theTelevision adaptation
In 1998, ''The Scold's Bridle'' was adapted for television by the BBC. It was directed by David Thacker from a screenplay written by Tony Bicât; producer Chris Parr, editor St John O'Rorke, music Junior Campbell. the cast included:. * Miranda Richardson as Dr. Sarah Blakeney * Bob Peck as Detective Sergeant Cooper * Douglas Hodge as Jack Blakeney * Siân Phillips as Mathilda Gillespie * Trudie Styler as Joanna Lascelles * Paul Brooke as Duncan Orloff * Virginia McKenna as Violet Orloff *Beth Winslet as Ruth Lascelles *Rosie Wiggins as Young Mathilda Gillespie *John Duval as Sir William Cavendish *Christine Moore as Jenny Spede *Randal Herley as Dr. Cameron *Nick Malinowski as Young Detective Constable * Alan Williams as Bob Spede * Rosemary Martin as Jane Merryman * Tenniel Evans as Paul Merryman *Oona Beeson as Polly Graham * Miles Anderson as Detective Inspector Harmer * Alan MacNaughtan as James Gillespie * Hugh Bonneville as Tim DugganReferences
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