The Changeling
1974
103 minutes
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.
Top Cast
Stanley Baker
De Flores
Helen Mirren
Beatrice-Joanna
Brian Cox
Alsemero
Alan Webb
Vermandero
T. P. McKenna
Tomazo de Piracquo
Frances Tomelty
Diaphanta
Norman Rossington
Lollio
Susan Penhaligon
Isabella
Kenneth Cranham
Antonio
Malcolm Reynolds
Alonzo de Piracquo
Tony Selby
Jasperino
Raymond Francis
Alibius
Anthony Douse
Franciscus
George Camiller
Pedro
Lionel Guyett
Servant
Christopher Saul
Servant
Chris Sanders
Servant
Joyce Graeme
Madwoman
Marika Rivera
Madwoman