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Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then the poet Robert Browning bursts into her life.
17 Cast Members
Jane Lapotaire
Elisabeth Moulton-Barrett
Joss Ackland
Edward Moulton-Barrett
Jeremy Brett
Robert Browning
Nigel Stock
Dr. Chambers
Lea Brodie
Henrietta Barrett
Carmen du Sautoy
Arabel Barrett
Alex Guard
Octavius Barrett
Stephen Kemble
Septimus Barrett
David Holloway
Alfred Barrett
Haydn Wood
Charles Barrett
John Leeson
Henry Barrett
Geoffrey Collins
George Barrett
Stacy Dorning
Bella Hedley
Malcolm Tierney
Henry Bevan
Michael Troughton
Capt. Surtees Cook
John Bryans
Dr. Ford-Waterlow
Kate David
Wilson
