Persuasion (1960 series)
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Persuasion is a 1960 British television mini-series adaptation of the Jane Austen
novel of the same name
. It was produced by the BBC
and was directed by Campbell Logan. Daphne Slater
stars as Anne Elliot, and Paul Daneman
as Captain Frederick Wentworth. The mini-series has four episodes, each about an hour in length.
According to shmoop.com, this mini-series was possibly destroyed in the BBC clean-out of the 1970s.
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.Austen lived...
novel of the same name
Persuasion (novel)
Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. She began it soon after she had finished Emma, completing it in August 1816. She died, aged 41, in 1817; Persuasion was published in December that year ....
. It was produced by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and was directed by Campbell Logan. Daphne Slater
Daphne Slater
Daphne Slater is an English actress noted for Shakespearian and period films and wife of John Harrison actor, film and television director and producer...
stars as Anne Elliot, and Paul Daneman
Paul Daneman
Paul Daneman was an English film, television, theatre and voice actor.Paul Frederick Daneman was born in Islington, London. He attended the Haberdashers' Aske's School and Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow and studied stage design at Reading University where he joined the dramatic...
as Captain Frederick Wentworth. The mini-series has four episodes, each about an hour in length.
According to shmoop.com, this mini-series was possibly destroyed in the BBC clean-out of the 1970s.
Cast
- Daphne SlaterDaphne SlaterDaphne Slater is an English actress noted for Shakespearian and period films and wife of John Harrison actor, film and television director and producer...
as Anne Elliot - Paul DanemanPaul DanemanPaul Daneman was an English film, television, theatre and voice actor.Paul Frederick Daneman was born in Islington, London. He attended the Haberdashers' Aske's School and Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow and studied stage design at Reading University where he joined the dramatic...
as Captain Wentworth - George Cuzon as Sir Walter Elliot
- Jane Hardie as Elizabeth Elliot
- Fabia DrakeFabia DrakeFabia Drake OBE was an English actress whose professional career spanned almost 73 years during the 20th century.Drake was born in Herne Bay, Kent...
as Lady Russell - Thea Holme as Mrs. Croft
- William MervynWilliam MervynWilliam Mervyn was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the Bishop in the clerical comedy All Gas and Gaiters.-Life and career:...
as Admiral Croft - Clare Austin as Mary Musgrove
- Edward JewesburyEdward JewesburyEdward Jewesbury was a British actor, notable for his film, stage and television work and as a member of the Renaissance Theatre Company. In his later years he appeared in such television comedies as Yes Minister and Blackadder II.His son Ian was a senior civil servant at the UK Department of...
as Charles Musgrove - Jill Dixon as Louisa Musgrove
- Diane Clare as Henrietta Musgrove
- Timothy WestTimothy WestTimothy Lancaster West, CBE is an English film, stage and television actor.-Career:West's craggy looks ensured a career as a character actor rather than a leading man. He began his career as an Assistant Stage Manager at the Wimbledon Theatre in 1956, and followed this with several seasons of...
as Charles Hayter - Olga LindoOlga Lindo-Filmography:* The Shadow Between * Royal Cavalcade * Dark World * The Last Journey * A Romance in Flanders * Luck of the Navy * The Stars Look Down * What Men Live By...
as Mrs. Musgrove - Wensley PitheyWensley PitheyWensley Pithey was a South African character actor who had a long stage career.Pithey was born in Cape Town, South Africa. A graduate of the University of Cape Town where he studied music and drama, he travelled to England in 1947...
as Mr. Musgrove - Daphne AndersonDaphne Anderson-External links:...
as Mrs. Clay - Derek BlomfieldDerek BlomfieldDerek Blomfield was a British actor who appeared in a number of film and television productions between 1935 and his death in 1964.-Career:...
as Mr. Elliot - Philip Howard as Footman
- Patricia Cree as the Honourable Miss Carteret
- Agnes LauchlanAgnes LauchlanAgnes Lauchlan was a British film and television actress.Agnes Mary Lauchlan, was born on the 10th of February 1905 in Putney, London. the daughter of Henry D. Lauchlan, a surgeon and his Scottish-born wife Minnie. She married William Connelly in Surrey in 1948...
as Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple