England, My England
Written By John Osborne And Charles Wood
Charles: Simon Callow
Henry Purcell: Michael Ball
Mary: Rebecca Front
Nell: Lucy Speed
Pepys: John Shrapnel
Dryden: Robert Stephens
Bill: Bill Kenwright
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Music performed by
Jennifer Smith, Lynn Dawson, Nancy Argenta
Susan Graham, Michael Chance, Paul Agnew
Stephen Varcoe, Peter Harvey, David Thomas
Tony Palmer directs this unique film drama about the great English composer Henry Purcell. Very little is known about his life, but the script, by the late John Osborne and Charles Wood, solves this problem by launching a group of actors in the 1960s on a voyage of discovery into late-17th century England, the extraordinary period in which Purcell lived. But it is Purcell s music which is the driving force of this dramatisation, with the stunning soundtrack conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
- Actors: Purcell, Callow, Gardiner
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
- Language (Original Language): English
- Language (Subtitled): English
- Language (Subtitled): German
- Language (Subtitled): Italian
- Language (Subtitled): Spanish
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2007-07-31
- Running Time: 152 minutes
