The Changeling

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Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain. Filmed with lush production values and at a leisurely, very British pace, Helen Mirren is riveting as Beatrice-Joanna, a young lass already torn by love and commitment.Beatrice-Joanna (Helen Mirren) is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo (Malcolm Reynolds) but is in love with Alsemero (Brian Cox). She hires her father's manservant, De Flores (Stanley Baker), to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward.The Changeling was an instalment of the BBC's Play of the Month series and is a production for television of a 1622 Jacobean tragedy of the same name, written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.

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Creators

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Anthony Page

director

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Frank Hatherley

writer

Thomas Middleton

writer

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William Rowley

writer

Cast

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Stanley Baker actor Helen Mirren actor Brian Cox actor

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Alan Webb actor T.P. McKenna actor Frances Tomelty actor Norman Rossington actor Susan Penhaligon actor Kenneth Cranham actor

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Malcolm Reynolds actor Tony Selby actor

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Raymond Francis actor

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Anthony Douse actor George Camiller actor

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Lionel Guyett actor

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Christopher Saul actor Chris Sanders actor

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Joyce Graeme actor

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Marika Rivera actor