George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002, English. Directed by Mary Downes.
Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.
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Cast & crew
- Mary DownesDirector
- Maureen LipmanNarrator
- Harriet WalterMary Ann Evans / George Eliot
- John SessionsGeorge Henry Lewes
- James WilbyHerbert Spencer
- David WalliamsJohn Chapman
- Barbara Leigh-HuntGossip
- David BamberGossip
- Janine DuvitskiGossip
- Michael CulkinLiggins Conspirator
- Felicity DeanEdith Simcox
- Richard DillaneJohn Cross
- Trevor RayD'Albert Durade
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- Released
- 1 November 2002
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Who directed George Eliot: A Scandalous Life?
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002) was directed by Mary Downes and stars Maureen Lipman, Harriet Walter, John Sessions.