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Title Barretts of Wimpole Street [electronic resource] / by Vincent J. Donehue.

Imprint New York, NY : Showcase Productions Inc., 1956.

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Description 1 online resource (74 min.)
Playing Time 011434
Note Originally broadcast on television in 1956.
Title from resource description page (viewed June 12, 2014).
Summary A dramatic portrayal of the romance of poets, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. The invalid poetess who regains her health after falling in love with the famous poet elopes with the poet against the wishes of her tyrannical father, who exhibits an incestuous attachment for Elizabeth, as well as an over domineering control of all the Barrett siblings in their personal adult relationships. The story is set in London, England, starting in the year, 1845.
Language This edition in English.
Local Note Alexander Street Theatre Performance and Design Collection: Theatre in Video (ATIV-CR)
Subject Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861 -- Drama.
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 -- Drama.
Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
Parental overprotection -- Drama.
Genre/Form Televised performances.
Added Author Bassman, George, 1914-1997. Composer.
Besier, Rudolph, 1878-1942. Author.
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974. Performer.
Daniell, Henry, 1894-1963. Performer.
Donehue, Vincent J., -1966. Director.
McClintic, Guthrie, 1893-1961. Producer.
Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989. Performer.