Middleton’s Changeling

Synopsis

An updated feature film version of the 17th century play by Middleton and Rowley, incorporating anachronisms and a mixture of original and modern text. Filmed in the fortress of Alicante, the original setting of the play. A young man is in love with a woman but she is pledged to another. She tries to get her manservant to murder her pledged but the manservant blackmails her into sleeping with him. It goes badly wrong when the woman substitutes her maid in her bed.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2003

Year of production

1998

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

film adaptations; Jacobean drama; Middleton, Thomas (1580-1627); Rowley, William (1585-1642); drama in English

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£5.99

Duration/Size

97 minutes

Year

2003

Distributor

Name

Cinema Club

Phone

020 7612 3129

Fax

020 7612 3132

Address

2 Entertain Video
33 Foley Street
London
W1W 7TL

 

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