Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, NTSC. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Cast |
Maxine Peake, Anna Madeley, Susan Lynch, Gemma Jones, Christine Bottomley. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010. |
Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Anne Lister is a landowning woman who defied the conventions of her 19th century life to great scandal, for Anne was a lesbian. Her affair with 'soul mate' Marianna Belcombe keeps society guessing but when it is announced that Marianna is to be married to the older, corpulent and wealthy Charles Lawton, Anne is distraught. And so she begins a string of relationships. |
Note |
Special features: The real Anne Lister with Sue Perkins; Maxine Peake in conversation with the director James Kent. |
Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Lesbians -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Arranged marriage -- 19th century -- Drama.
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Added Author |
English, Jane.
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Kent, James.
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Peake, Maxine.
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Madeley, Anna, 1977-
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Lynch, Susan, 1971-
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BBC Video (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780780671089 |
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0780671082 |
Standard No. |
883929172733 |
Music No. |
1000181468 BBC Video |
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