Film · Drama, TV Movie
The Changeling (1974)
Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain. Filmed with lush production values and at a leisurely, very British pace, Helen Mirren is riveting as Beatrice-Joanna, a young lass already torn by love and commitment.Beatrice-Joanna (Helen Mirren) is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo (Malcolm Reynolds) but is in love with Alsemero (Brian Cox). She hires her father's manservant, De Flores (Stanley Baker), to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward.The Changeling was an instalment of the BBC's Play of the Month series and is a production for television of a 1622 Jacobean tragedy of the same name, written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.
- Director
- Anthony Page
- Writers
- Frank Hatherley, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- January 20, 1974
Cast
Stanley BakerDe Flores
Helen MirrenBeatrice-Joanna
Brian CoxAlsemero
Alan WebbVermandero
T. P. McKennaTomazo de Piracquo
Frances TomeltyDiaphanta
Norman RossingtonLollio
Susan PenhaligonIsabella
Kenneth CranhamAntonio- Malcolm ReynoldsAlonzo de Piracquo
Tony SelbyJasperino- Raymond FrancisAlibius
- Anthony DouseFranciscus
George CamillerPedro- Lionel GuyettServant
Christopher SaulServant- Chris SandersServant
- Joyce GraemeMadwoman
Marika RiveraMadwoman
