New Zealand born poet and writer Katherine Mansfield died at the age of 34 from Tuberculosis.
Since then she has divided opinion even though she died in 1923. She was associated with the Bloomsbury set but also developed a rivalry with Virginia Woolf.
This BBC drama stars Vanessa Redgrave as Katherine Mansfield. Jeremy Brett as her husband John Middleton Murry.
The narration is by her friend Ida Baker known as LM (Annette Crosbie.) She died in 1978 and was apparently rather taller than Mansfield in real life.
The story opens with a coffin. Mansfield's death and brief scenes about her. Then there is the adaptation of two of her short stories. I am going to presume they are partly autobiographical.
Psychology has Redgrave and Brett playing a man and a woman. Their action and their thoughts about their relationship are divergent.
The Garden party has a young woman of a well to do family, upset over a death of a lowly worker outside her house. Her mother is insistence the party takes place.
It is erratic and confusing. I think the BBC intended that they wanted to portray her brief life and her works.
The switch from film and video can be jarring. The performances are wonderful. I think it was a coup to get Vanessa Redgrave onboard.
Since then she has divided opinion even though she died in 1923. She was associated with the Bloomsbury set but also developed a rivalry with Virginia Woolf.
This BBC drama stars Vanessa Redgrave as Katherine Mansfield. Jeremy Brett as her husband John Middleton Murry.
The narration is by her friend Ida Baker known as LM (Annette Crosbie.) She died in 1978 and was apparently rather taller than Mansfield in real life.
The story opens with a coffin. Mansfield's death and brief scenes about her. Then there is the adaptation of two of her short stories. I am going to presume they are partly autobiographical.
Psychology has Redgrave and Brett playing a man and a woman. Their action and their thoughts about their relationship are divergent.
The Garden party has a young woman of a well to do family, upset over a death of a lowly worker outside her house. Her mother is insistence the party takes place.
It is erratic and confusing. I think the BBC intended that they wanted to portray her brief life and her works.
The switch from film and video can be jarring. The performances are wonderful. I think it was a coup to get Vanessa Redgrave onboard.
