Mansfield Park 2007 – the Billie Piper one
This is my third Mansfield Park adaptation. This one is movie length (120 minutes) like the 1999 version. As it is movie length, some things have to be left out – the trip to Sotherton and the Portsmouth scenes (instead of going to Portsmouth Fanny is left at Mansfield Park when the family go to London).
Once again, Fanny is more active than depicted by Austen and things seem to happen out of doors – instead of a ball there is a picnic. This is not my favourite version, but it is lovely to watch and sticks to the spirit of the plot if not the plot itself.
Mansfield Park
We never see the Parsonage in this version – in fact we only ever see Mansfield Park.
Edmund and Fanny
Mr Rushworth and Maria
The Crawfords
The Play – Henry and Maria flirting
The picnic instead of the ball
Henry Loves Fanny
Happy Ending!