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Classic Serial: Henry James - The Ambassadors

Classic Serial: Henry James - The Ambassadors: Episode 2

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Henry James - The Ambassadors

Episode 2

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Strether falls under the spell of Paris, but his fiancee sends more men to bring him home.

Strether falls under the spell of Paris and the beautiful Mme de Vionnet. But his angry fiancee sends more men to bring both him and her wayward son home. Stars Henry Goodman.

THE AMBASSADORS, adapted by Graham White from the Henry James novel centres on Lambert Strether, a New Englander dispatched to Europe on a mission. Henry Goodman is the hapless protagonist. 

EPISODE 2 Strether had hoped to persuade the fun-living son of his wealthy fiancee to return home to New England. But now Strether has fallen under the spell of the beautiful Mme de Vionnet. More ambassadors are sent by the angry fiancee to bring both men home. 


Lambert Strether Henry Goodman
Chad Orlando Seale
Madame Marie De Vionnet Joanna Bergin
Maria Gostrey/Portress Clare Lawrence-Moody
John Little Bilham Rikki Lawton
Waymarsh Paul Moriarty
Sarah Pocock/Duchess Adjoa Andoh
Jim Pocock James Lailey
Miss Barrace Tracy Wiles
Andre Carl Prekopp
Gloriani/Lazlo Adam Billington
Jeanne Victoria Inez-Hardy

Directed by Peter Kavanagh.

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