The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems and his growing fame.
Acting
Miranda Richardson's volcanic, heartbreaking descent.
Costume
Silk and pearls hiding utter psychological collapse.
Writing
Dialogue that cuts like a letter you never sent.
Director
Brian Gilbert
Willem Dafoe
Tom Eliot
Miranda Richardson
Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Rosemary Harris
Rose Haigh-Wood
Tim Dutton
Maurice Haigh-Wood
Nickolas Grace
Bertrand Russell
Geoffrey Bayldon
Harwent
Clare Holman
Louise Purdon
Philip Locke
Charles Haigh-Wood
Joseph O'Conor
Bishop of Oxford
John Savident
Sir Frederick Lamb
Michael Attwell
W.I. Janes
Linda Spurrier
Edith Sitwell
Roberta Taylor
Ottoline Morrell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Miranda Richardson based Viv's physicality on actual footage of Haigh-Wood, capturing her darting, birdlike energy before it was medicated away.
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