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| The interior set of Camden Place where the Elliots rented a house in Bath. The room is actually located in Sydney Place. |
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Showing posts with label Sir Walter Elliot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sir Walter Elliot. Show all posts
Saturday, November 6
The Elliots in Bath
Sunday, November 22
Jane Austen Movie Throwdown
Persuasion's Sir Walter Elliot was a vain and pretentious buffoon. Jane Austen showed how he squandered the Elliot fortune to prop up his vanity and extravagant lifestyle. Nothing penetrated his thick cocoon of self-absorption, not his dead wife's common sense, his destitute situation, or the sound advice of Mrs. Russell, a family friend and Anne Elliot's mentor. After years of profligate spending, the baronet was forced to rent out Kellynch Hall and hire rooms in Bath, a once fashionable city that had faded in popularity with the Ton. In moving to Bath instead of London, Sir Walter opted to become a glittering fish in a dull, invalid-riddled pond. By renting out his ancestral home, he proved to the world that he did not deserve the respect he felt was his by birthright.
Which actor portrayed Sir Walter Elliot best?
Corin Redgrave, Persuasion 1995
Anthony Head, Persuasion 2007
Thursday, January 10
Persuasion's Bad Daddy
Jane Austen’s Sir Walter Elliot reminds us that bad daddies exist in all eras, places, and social strata. In fact, Sir Walter ... 
... is so puffed up with self-importance and vanity that he clearly loves himself above others, even his daughters and departed wife.
... favors one child over another, and belittles that child in front of the favored child.
... demonstrates such poor fiscal skills and economic management that he is forced to rent out his house.
... takes greater stock in knowing the ‘right’ people, such as Lady Dalrymple. He also prefers physical appearance and material assets over deep friendship, loyalty, or a fine character or mind.
Anthony Head plays Sir Walter Elliot in Persuasion. Watch this Jane Austen novel adaptation on Sunday, January 13th on Masterpiece Theatre, 9 p.m. EST and 8 p.m. Central time. Stay tuned to your PBS channels and see Bad Daddy in action.
Though many of you will remember Anthony as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, how many of you can recall his turn in these popular serial coffee commercials?
Read my sneak preview of Persuasion here, and Inside Persuasion here.
... is so puffed up with self-importance and vanity that he clearly loves himself above others, even his daughters and departed wife.
... favors one child over another, and belittles that child in front of the favored child.
... demonstrates such poor fiscal skills and economic management that he is forced to rent out his house.
... takes greater stock in knowing the ‘right’ people, such as Lady Dalrymple. He also prefers physical appearance and material assets over deep friendship, loyalty, or a fine character or mind.Anthony Head plays Sir Walter Elliot in Persuasion. Watch this Jane Austen novel adaptation on Sunday, January 13th on Masterpiece Theatre, 9 p.m. EST and 8 p.m. Central time. Stay tuned to your PBS channels and see Bad Daddy in action.
Though many of you will remember Anthony as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, how many of you can recall his turn in these popular serial coffee commercials?
Read my sneak preview of Persuasion here, and Inside Persuasion here.
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