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The Changeling

The Changeling

Drama, TV Movie

1h 43m

January 20, 1974 (51 years ago)

Overview

Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain. Filmed with lush production values and at a leisurely, very British pace, Helen Mirren is riveting as Beatrice-Joanna, a young lass already torn by love and commitment.Beatrice-Joanna (Helen Mirren) is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo (Malcolm Reynolds) but is in love with Alsemero (Brian Cox). She hires her father's manservant, De Flores (Stanley Baker), to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward.The Changeling was an instalment of the BBC's Play of the Month series and is a production for television of a 1622 Jacobean tragedy of the same name, written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.

ActorAge thenAge now
Stanley Baker

Stanley Baker

De Flores

Birthday: February 29, 1928

45 June 28, 1976 (48)
Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Beatrice-Joanna

Birthday: July 26, 1945

2880
Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Alsemero

Birthday: June 1, 1946

2779
Alan Webb

Alan Webb

Vermandero

Birthday: July 2, 1906

67 June 22, 1982 (75)
T. P. McKenna

T. P. McKenna

Tomazo de Piracquo

Birthday: September 7, 1929

44 February 13, 2011 (81)
Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty

Diaphanta

Birthday: October 6, 1948

2576
Norman Rossington

Norman Rossington

Lollio

Birthday: December 24, 1928

45 May 21, 1999 (70)
Susan Penhaligon

Susan Penhaligon

Isabella

Birthday: July 3, 1949

2476
Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Antonio

Birthday: December 12, 1944

2980
Malcolm Reynolds

Malcolm Reynolds

Alonzo de Piracquo

Birthday: December 3, 1941

3283