George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
3
60 minutes
11/1/2002
Overview
Born Mary Ann Evans in 1819, the novelist George Eliot was a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. George Eliot: A Scandalous Life explores how the scandals and rumours that plagued her life, never defeated her will or her literary genius; and how, against all odds, she went on to write some of the world's greatest novels including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss, and Silas Marner.
Cast List
Maureen Lipman
as Narrator
Harriet Walter
as Mary Ann Evans / George Eliot
John Sessions
as George Henry Lewes
James Wilby
as Herbert Spencer
David Walliams
as John Chapman
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
as Gossip
David Bamber
as Gossip
Janine Duvitski
as Gossip
Michael Culkin
as Liggins Conspirator
Felicity Dean
as Edith Simcox
Richard Dillane
as John Cross
Trevor Ray
as D'Albert Durade
Glynn Williams
as Thornie
Adrian Schiller
as Man