The Widowing Of Mrs. Holroyd (1995)

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

Summary:

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, is one of D. H. Lawrence's most significant early works. The play, Lawrence's first, is the alter ego of the story "Odour of Chrysanthemums" and, like the short story, deals with a catastrophe in the lives of a coal mining family. Drawing upon the intensity of events that unfold in the miner's kitchen, the play explores a marriage bowed under the weight of a husband's (Colin Firth) drinking and infidelity and peers into the strange, burgeoning relationship between the neglected wife, Mrs. Holroyd, and the young electrician in whom she seeks emotional refuge. First published in 1914, The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd is a bare tracing of the ways in which a marriage has gone wrong.

(TV movie)

Directed by:
Katie Mitchell

Writing credits (in alphabetical order):
D.H. Lawrence	play

Full credits here

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

Cast:

Gavin Abbott	Miner
Christopher Brand	Miner
Brenda Bruce	Grandmother
Stephen Dillane	Mr. Blackmore
Colin Firth	Charles Holroyd
Wayne Foskett	Rigby
Shane Fox	Jack
Melanie Hill	Laura
Peter Needham	Mine Manager
Lauren Richardson	Minnie
Mossie Smith	Clara
Zoë Wanamaker	Mrs. Holroyd
(more)

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