The Clandestine Marriage
Synopsis
However, Betsy's sister Fanny, who has secretly married her father's clerk, Lovewell, by whom she is pregnant, quickly becomes the object of affection not only of Sir John but of his elderly father. Betsy is furious, as is her aunt Mrs Heidleberg, who rules her brother and his household with a rod of iron. Fanny desperately tries to stave off the attentions of both men while her father secretly agrees to exchange one daughter for the other.
Soon the entire company is at loggerheads and cross purposes, Fanny's secret wedding is revealed, and all the while the clock ticks towards the wedding, which must take place if both families are not to loose face.
This exuberant, sexy and cheerfully astringent comedy of errors, where genuine heartache and true love jostle with lust and greed, is set against the glories of an English country house in high summer and is as sharply relevant today as ever.
Details
- Year
- 1999
- Type of project
- Features
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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Christopher Miles
- Producer
- Andrew Warren
- Co-Producer
- Andrew Warren
- Director of Photography
- Denis Crossan BSC
- Principal cast
- Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall, Tom Hollander, Natasha Little, Paul Nicholls, Emma Chambers
- Screen Writer
- Trevor Bentham
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Portman Productions Ltd 167 Wardour Street London W1V 3TA Tel: 020 7468 3456 Fax: 020 7468 3469
Sales Company
Portman Entertainment Ltd as Production Company
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