We'll have no more Lady Dedlock after this Sunday, but happily, Masterpiece Theater has plenty more to offer this spring. Writer Andrew Davies (who adapted Bleak House) gives us his take on another classic in "He Knew He Was Right," an Anthony Trollope novel best described as a Victorian version of Shakespeare's Othello. It airs March 26 and April 2.
I'm also excited for the MP production, Under the Greenwood Tree, airing on April 23. It's a Thomas Hardy adaptation about a Dorset village schoolteacher who's expected to marry rich, but (whaddayaknow) falls for the penniless bachelor in town. More details to come. If it's even half as good as the Masterpiece Theater version of Far From the Madding Crowd, I'm sold. -- Amy
I saw He Knew He Was Right when it aired (last year maybe?), and it was good.
ReplyDeleteIt's no Bleak house, though. I, too, however, am going to miss it after this weekend, although I can definitely live without Guppy.
Guppy was a darling until this last episode... a creepy little darling, but a darling nonetheless. It made his turn all the more distressing. More Guppy! (He is in Layer Cake which is in my Netflix Queue.)--Kim
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