Marian and George

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The transformation of Marian Evans into the writer George Eliot. By Anna Linstrum

Marian Evans (aka George Eliot) has to choose between the brother she loves and the love of her life. Lia Williams and Tom Goodman-Hill star in Anna Linstrum's biographical drama.

Marian Evans (aka George Eliot) has to make an impossible choice – between the brother she loves and the love of her life, between respectability and social scandal, between duty and the freedom to write. Lia Williams and Tom Goodman-Hill star in Anna Linstrum's biographical drama.

Directed by Emma Harding

Marian.....Lia Williams
George Henry Lewes.....Tom Goodman-Hill
Isaac.....John Lightbody
Young Mary Anne.....Maddie Evans
Young Isaac....Aaron Gelkoff
Chapman.....Sargon Yelda
Elisabeth/ Mrs Evans.....Maggie Service
Susannah.....Bettrys Jones
Printer/ Porter.....Hasan Dixon

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