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06/11/1983 Drama 0h 50m
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Mansfield Park is a British six-part television drama serial based on Jane Austen's 1814 novel of the same name. Produced by the BBC and adapted by Kenneth Taylor, it stars Sylvestra Le Touzel as Fanny Price, who is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.

Top billed cast

  1. Sylvestra Le Touzel

    Fanny Price

  2. Angela Pleasence

    Lady Bertram

  3. Anna Massey

    Mrs Norris

  4. Nicholas Farrell

    Edmund Bertram

  5. Gorden Kaye

    Dr Grant

  6. Susan Edmonstone

    Mrs Grant

  7. Jackie Smith-Wood

    Mary Crawford

  8. Robert Burbage

    Henry Crawford

  9. Neville Phillips

    Baddeley

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Season 1

 1983 | 6 Episodes

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford.

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A review by Peter McGinn
Written by Peter McGinn on 2020-08-23
I had watched this version of this Jane Austen novel many years ago, and the part that came back to me most clearly was Angela Pleasence’s take on Fanny’s Aunt Bertrand. She plays the role very meekly and soft-spoken. I assume it is how the book portrays her, but it has been even longer since I read the book. It makes it hard to hear her lines at times.

I like this mini-series, but not as much as I enjoy many of the Austen-inspired productions, to be sure. Perhaps part of that is that the novel is not one of my favorites of hers either.

Of course, a little of Mrs. Norris goes a long ...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Mansfield Park

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