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Life in squares. Episode 3 /

Penned by Bafta-winner Amanda Coe, Life in Squares dramatizes the extraordinary lives of the Bloomsbury Group, a profoundly influential set of artists and intellectuals. Told over 40 years, from the death of Queen Victoria to the Second World War, the story centres on the close and often fraught rel...

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Other Authors: Kaijser, Simon (Director), Coe, Amanda, 1965- (Screenwriter), Best, Eve, 1971- (Actor), Fox, Phoebe, 1987- (Actor), Norton, James, 1985- (Actor), Penry-Jones, Rupert, 1970- (Actor), Leonard, Lydia, 1981- (Actor), McCormack, Catherine, 1972- (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2015.
Series:Life in Squares
Subjects:
Bell, Vanessa, > 1879-1961 > Drama.
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941 > Drama.
Bell, Vanessa, > 1879-1961.
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Families > England > Drama.
Bloomsbury group > Drama.
England > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama.
Écrivains anglais > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Authors, English.
Bloomsbury group.
Families.
Manners and customs.
England.
1900-1999
Biographies.
Drama.
Fiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Fictions télévisées.
Miniséries.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Penned by Bafta-winner Amanda Coe, Life in Squares dramatizes the extraordinary lives of the Bloomsbury Group, a profoundly influential set of artists and intellectuals. Told over 40 years, from the death of Queen Victoria to the Second World War, the story centres on the close and often fraught relationship between sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa's sexually complicated alliance with gay artist Duncan Grant. Surrounded by the finest progressive minds of the day - including the renowned writer Lytton Strachey, art critic Clive Bell, and pioneering economist Maynard Keynes - they are determined to shake off the shackles of Victorian England. As the narrative shifts between the decades, their earlier and later lives intertwine; by the 1930s, Vanessa has settled into marriage and motherhood, and Virginia is enjoying huge public acclaim. But the emotional entanglements of their past have taken their toll - can the sisters truly escape the pall cast by their repressive parents, or will they ultimately inflict the same mistakes on generations to come?
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed March 17, 2021).
Originally produced in Great Britain and broadcast on television in 2015.
Physical Description:1 online resource (53 minutes)
Playing Time:00:52:10
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Alan Almond; music, Edmund Butt; editor, Charlie Fawcett.