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Swann

on BBC Two England

Drama based on the award-winning novel by Carol Shields , starring Miranda Richardson Brenda Fricker
Author Sarah Maloney is trying to unravel the secrets of Mary Swann , a poet from rural Ontario who met a brutal death. The last person to see Swann alive was librarian Rose Hindmarch. who finds herself at the centre of a literary showdown as competing academics try to profit from the poet's death. Contains bad language and nudity.
Adapted by David Young : Producers
Christina Jennings and Ann Scott : Director Anna Benson Gyles

Contributors

Novel By:
Carol Shields
Unknown:
Miranda Richardson
Unknown:
Brenda Fricker
Unknown:
Sarah Maloney
Unknown:
Mary Swann
Unknown:
Rose Hindmarch.
Adapted By:
David Young
Producers:
Christina Jennings
Producers:
Ann Scott
Director:
Anna Benson Gyles
Sarah Maloney:
Miranda Richardson
Rose Hindmarch:
Brenda Fricker
Stephen:
Michael Ontkean
Brownie:
David Cubitt
Homer:
Sean McCann
Cruzzi:
John Neville
Jimroy:
Sean Hewitt
Jean:
Kyra Harper
Mrs Cruzzi:
Meg Hogarth
Publisher:
Suzanne Coy
Brownie's assistant:
Lynn Deragon
TV interviewer:
Reiner Schwarz
Bookstore fan:
Michele Muzzi
Pulp plant worker:
David Keeley
Party guest:
Waneta Storms
Doctor:
Matthew Bennett
Hotel rep:
Scott Wickware
TV reporter:
Tom Meussis
Conference speaker:
John E Nelles
Mary Swann:
Geny Walter

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