The French Lieutenant's Woman (1978)

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Harold Pinter

Film screenplay

English

Pinter adaptation of John Fowles' 1969 novel. The film intercuts the stories of two romantic affairs. One is within a Victorian period drama involving a gentleman palaeontologist, Charles Smithson, and the complex and troubled Sarah Woodruff, known as "the French lieutenant's woman." The other affair is between actors Mike and Anna, playing the lead roles in a modern filming of the story.

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Date of Composition: 1978   Confidence Level  

Adapted From: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969)

Adapted Work Note:

Linked Works

The French Lieutenant's Woman

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Publishers

Faber and Faber Ltd on (20 November 2000)

Collected Screenplays 3

Characters

Sarah Woodruff (Age: Unknown, Female)

Anna (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Unknown, Female)

Charles Smithson (Age: Unknown, Male)

Mike (Age: Unknown, Male)

Sam (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Unknown, Male)

Mary (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Unknown, Female)

Mrs Tranter (Age: Unknown, Female)

Ernestina Freeman (Age: Unknown, Female)

Mr Freeman (Age: Unknown, Male)

Vicar (The French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Unknown, Male)

Mrs Fairley (Age: Unknown, Female)

Mrs Poulteney (Age: Unknown, Female)

Dairyman (Age: Unknown, Male)

Dr Grogan (Age: Unknown, Male)

Nathaniel Dyson (Age: Unknown, Male)

Sir Tom Burgh (Age: Unknown, Male)

Montague (Age: Unknown, Male)

Mrs Endicott (Age: Unknown, Female)

Serjeant Murphy (Age: Unknown, Male)

Grimes (Age: Unknown, Male)

Davide (Age: Unknown, Male)

Sonia (French Lieutenant's Woman) (Age: Unknown, Female)

Tom Elliott (Age: Unknown, Male)

Girl (Age: Unknown, Female)

Second Girl (Age: Unknown, Female)

Boy (Age: Unknown, Male)

Mrs Tranter's Maid (Age: Unknown, Female)

Mrs Poulteney's Maid (Age: Unknown, Female)

Resources

‘The French Lieutenant's Woman’, Variety, 9 September 1981 (URL)

Type: Review

External Link: http://www.haroldpinter.org/films/films_frenchlieutenant.shtml

Review quoted on Harold Pinter's official website.

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