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Omnibus: The Confessions of Marian Evans

BBC One
on BBC One London

A Portrait of George Eliot by Don Taylor
with Sheila Allen as Marian Evans

Marian Evans from Nuneaton became world-famous in 1859 at the age of 39 as George Eliot, the author of Adam Bede.
This film shows what happened to the ugly girl from the Midlands before she became a great novelist.
(Sheila Allen is an associate member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
(Colour)

Contributors

Writer/Director:
Don Taylor
Make-up:
Liz Moss
Costumes:
Olive Harris
Design:
Judy Steele
Film Cameraman:
Elmer Cossey
Film Editor:
Roger Crittenden
George Henry Lewes:
John Garrie
Robert Evans:
George A. Cooper
Isaac Evans:
Inigo Jackson
Chrissey Evans:
Christine Hargreaves
Sara Hennell:
Sylvia Kay
Charles Bray:
John Ringham
Cara Bray:
Wendy Gifford
John Chapman:
Stephen Moore
Mrs Chapman:
Kathleen Byron
Miss Tilley:
Katharine Schofield
Herbert Spencer:
Brian Wright
Miss Lewis:
Sonia Graham
John Cross:
Michael Stanley
Parlourmaid:
Narissa Knights
Source: Radio Times

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