Learning on ScreenBeau Brummell: This Charming Man
- Synopsis
- Television drama about the Regency dandy Beau Brummell focusing on his relationship with the Prince Regent. There are Shakespeare references throughout especially in two short scenes in which the Prince asks Brummell to entertain him and requests that they read together from Henry IV. Parts 1 and 2. The Prince takes the part of Hal and Brummell that of Falstaff. The readings include the ‘I know thee not, old man’ highlighting Brummell’s fall from grace when the Prince Regent eventually rejects him. The slim and elegant Brummell makes the original ‘who’s your fat friend joke’ about the Prince, a reversal of typecasting of the roles of Hal and Falstaff also commented on in the script.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Director
- Philippa Lowthorpe
- Producer
- David Edgar (2)
- Screenplay
- Simon Bent
- Cast
Hugh Bonneville James Purefoy Matthew Rhys Phil Davis
Production Company
- Name
Flashback Television
- Fax
- 020 7490 5610
- Address
- 11 Bowling Green Lane
London EC1R 0BC - Notes
- Contact: Taylor Downing
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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