This British biopic attempts to chronicle the life of 17th-century tunesmith Henry Purcell. The filmmakers have had to do much speculating about Britain's first great composer, as little is known about his life back then. It is known that Purcell had been a chorister as a child and then became the ...more
Year: 1995 | Running Time: 158 minutes
-
DVD
$15.99TONY PALMER'S FILM ABOUT HENRY PURCELL: ENGLAND
- Vernon Dobtcheff - Spratt
- John Fortune - Clarendon
- Constantine Gregory - Wharton
- Murray Melvin - Shaftesbury
- Corin Redgrave - William
- John Shrapnel - Pepys
- Robert Stephens - Dryden
- Peter Woodthorpe - Kiffen
- John Hibbs - Blacksmith
- Joseph David
- David Thomas - Gostling
- James Saxon - Vyner
- Bernard Padden - Blackwell
- Guy Henry - James
- Tony Palmer - Director
- Simon Flind - Executive Producer
- Mike Bluett - Producer
- Charles Wood - Screenwriter
- John Osborne - Screenwriter
- Steve Hudson - Art Director
- John Hibbs - Costume Designer
- Tony Palmer - Editor
- John Eliot Gardiner - Musical Direction/Supervision
- Nigel Talamo - Production Designer
- Nick Knowland - Cinematographer
- Alan Cridford - Sound/Sound Designer





Plus