Persuasion
Persuasion (2007)
Studio/Network: ITV/Grenada Television Ltd. co-production with WGBH Boston
Executive Producer: Murray Ferguson
Executive Producer for WGBH: Rebecca Eaton
Producer: David Snodin
Director: Adrian Shergold
Screenplay by: Simon Burke
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Available
VHS: Not available
Run Time: 1 hr. 32 mins.
PBS Masterpiece Theatre “The Complete Jane Austen” site
Cast (
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Anne Elliot - Sally Hawkins
Lady Russell - Alice Krige
Sir Walter Elliot - Anthony Head
Elizabeth Elliot - Julia Davis
Mr. Shepherd - Michael Fenton-Stevens
Mrs. Clay - Mary Stockley
Admiral Croft - Peter Wight
Mrs. Croft - Marion Bailey
Mary Elliot (Musgrove) - Amanda Hale
Louisa Musgrove - Jennifer Higham
Henrietta Musgrove - Rosamund Stephen
Mrs. Musgrove - Stella Gonet
Charles Musgrove - Sam Hazeldine
Little Charles - Louis Shergold
Mr. Musgrove - Nicholas Farrell
Captain Wentworth - Rupert Penry-Jones
Harry Harville - Joseph Mawle
James Benwick - Finlay Robertson
William Elliot - Tobias Menzies
Inn Keeper - Brian Knight
Mrs. Smith - Maisie Dimbleby
Nurse Rooke - Sarah Buckland
Viscountess Dalrymple - Tilly Tremayne
Persuasion (1995)
Studio/Network: Sony Pictures Classics/BBC Films, WGBH/Mobil Masterpiece Theatre, Millesime Productions
Executive Producers: George Faber, Rebecca Eaton
Produced by: Fiona Finlay
Associate Producer: Margot Hayhoe
Director: Roger Michell
Screenplay by: Nick Dear
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 1 hr. 44 mins.
Official Site (Sony Pictures)
Cast (
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Anne Elliot - Amanda Root
Captain Wentworth - Ciaran Hinds
Lady Russell - Susan Fleetwood
Sir Walter Elliot - Corin Redgrave
Mrs. Croft - Fiona Shaw
Admiral Croft - John Woodvine
Elizabeth Elliot - Phoebe Nicholls
Mr. Elliot - Samuel West
Mary Musgrove - Sophie Thompson
Mrs. Musgrove - Judy Cornwell
Charles Musgrove - Simon Russell Beale
Mrs. Clay - Felicity Dean
Mr. Musgrove - Roger Hammond
Louisa Musgrove - Emma Roberts
Henrietta Musgrove - Victoria Hamilton
Captain Harville - Robert Glenister
Captain Benwick - Richard McCabe
Mrs. Smith - Helen Schlesinger
Nurse Rooke - Jane Wood
Mr. Shepherd - David Collings
Lady Dalrymple - Darlene Johnson
Miss Carteret - Cinnamon Faye
Henry Hayter - Isaac Maxwell Hunt
Sir Henry Willoughby - Roger Llewellyn
Mrs. Harville - Sally George
Naval Officers - David Acton, Justin Avoth
Jemima - Lonnie James
Landlord - Roger Watkins
Apothecary - David Plimmer
Coachman - Richard Bremmer
Tradesmen - Bill McGuirk, Niall Refoy
Lady Dalrymple's Butler - Ken Shorter
Footman - Dermot Kerrigan
Little Charles - Tom Rigby
Little Walter - Alex Wilman
and as the Concert Opera Singer - Rosa Mannion
Persuasion (1971)
Studio/Network: Grenada Television Ltd.
Produced and Directed by: Howard Baker
Screenplay by: Julian Mitchell
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 3 hrs. 45 mins.
Cast (
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Anne Elliot - Ann Firbank
Captain Wentworth - Bryan Marshall
Sir Walter Elliot - Basil Dignam
Elizabeth Elliot - Valerie Gearon
Lady Russell - Marian Spencer
Mrs. Croft - Georgine Anderson
Admiral Croft - Richard Vernon
Mary Musgrove - Morag Hood
Charles Musgrove - Rowland Davies
Henrietta Musgrove - Mel Martin
Louisa Musgrove - Zhivila Roche
Mrs. Musgrove - Noel Dyson
Mr. Musgrove - William Kendall
Mrs. Clay - Charlotte Mitchell
Mr. Elliot - David Savile
Mrs. Harville - Helen Ryan
Captain Harville - Michael Culver
Doctor - Robert Sansom
Captain Benwick - Paul Chapman
Colonel Wallis - Ernest Hare
Charles Hayter - Paul Alexander
Mrs. Rooke - Gabrielle Daye
Mrs. Smith - Polly Murch
Lady Dalrymple - Beatrix Mackey
Miss Carteret - Angela Galbraith
Servant - Gerry Cowan
Servant - Joseph Berry
Butler - Walter Horsbrugh
Tenor - Roger Williamson
Jemima - Judith Barker
Maid - Liz Goulding
Mr. Shepherd - Edward Jewesbury
For Your Consideration...
The Lake House (2006)
A remake of the Korean film Il Mare, The Lake House is a poignant time-travel story of chances lost and found.
Sandra Bullock as Kate Forster and Keanu Reeves as Alex Wyler live in the same house, two years apart, and through a
twist in time are able to leave one another letters in the house’s mailbox. Kate’s favorite novel, Persuasion,
figures heavily in the film and the final scene is reminiscent of “the letter” scene in Persuasion.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
The novel by Helen Fielding, a sequel to Bridget Jones’s Diary, is an homage to Persuasion,
but the story was changed significantly for the film. Screenwriter Andrew Davies (film adapter of several Austen novels)
reports that his script included many references to Persuasion, but most did not make it to the screen.
Further Reading
Persuasion Moves to Chicago: Rewriting Austen’s Classic in The Lake House,
by Marina Cano López
Austen Novels and Austen Films: Incompatible Worlds?, by Patrice Hannon