6.2 /10 1 Votes
Genre Drama Directed by Miranda Bowen First episode date 24 March 2011 Director Miranda Bowen | 6.2/10 IMDb Written by William Ivory Country of origin United Kingdom Final episode date 31 March 2011 Number of episodes 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Saskia ReevesRachael StirlingRosamund PikeRory KinnearJoseph Mawle Similar Tipping the Velvet, The Bletchley Circle, Love in a Cold Climate, The Passion, Personal Affairs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women in Love is a British two-part television film, a combined adaptation by William Ivory of two D. H. Lawrence novels, namely The Rainbow (1915) and Women in Love (1920). Directed by Miranda Bowen and produced by Mark Pybus, it features Saskia Reeves, Rachael Stirling, Rosamund Pike, Rory Kinnear, Joseph Mawle and Ben Daniels. It was first transmitted on BBC Four on 24 and 31 March 2011. It was made by Company Pictures and filmed in South Africa.
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Instead of death in the Tyrolean Alps, Ivory sets the final scenes in South African diamond mines and desert sands where Gerald meets his demise. Other cast members included as Will Brangwen. Music by Chris Letcher.
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Reception
In her review for The Daily Telegraph, Ceri Radford praised the performances and singled out Kinnear as the best. In conclusion, she said: "If you love DH Lawrence’s books, you probably loved this rich and well-acted adaptation. However, you may have found yourself cringing behind a cushion in places if, like me, you felt that the most tumescent thing in Lady Chatterley’s Lover was the prose." Sam Wollaston in The Guardian said that the two novels had been "artfully sewn together" and that it was "quite true to Lawrence in spirit, I think", despite saying he "never got on well" with the author.