TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE

Posted July 9, 2012 by MemTV in UK TV

UK / BBC-2 / 1×135 minute episode / Broadcast 7 May 1980

Writer: John Ford / Producer: Richard Broke / Director: Roland Joffe

Period drama. The Jacobean tragedy updated to Victorian times. Fabulous cast involved too.

cast
KENNETH CRANHAM as Giovanni
CHERIE LUNGHI as Annabella
ANTHONY BATE as Soranzo
BERNARD ARCHARD as Donado
RODNEY BEWES as Bergetto
JEREMY CHILD as The Priest
COLIN DOUGLAS as Florio
ALISON FISKE as Hippolita
TIM PIGOTT-SMITH as Vasques
ALAN WEBB as Lord Lieutenant
HEATHER CANNING as Putana
DAVID RYALL as Richardetto
RON PEMBER as Poggio
SUZANNE BURDEN as Philotis


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