I have moved on to Sense and Sensibility. I forgot that I had a copy of the 1971 Sense and Sensibility, so I started with the 1981 version.
Sense and Sensibility 1981
Like all of these older adaptations, it is not particularly beautiful, but this one at least has outdoor scenes. It consists of 7 episodes – each 30 minutes long – and it is quite faithful to the novel (they do get rid of Margaret Dashwood).
Marianne (left) and Elinor
I thought Irene Richard’s Elinor was great, but Tracy Childs over-enunciated as Marianne (she had obviously had elocution lessons).
Edward Ferras
Mr Willoughby
Colonel Brandon
Robert Swann was a great Colonel Brandon, but Alan Rickman is always going to be the definitive Colonel Brandon.
Lucy Steele
Mrs John Dashwood (on learning of Lucy’s engagement to Edward)
This was a good adaptation, but there is better available now. It is probably only for the die-hard Jane Austen fans.
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