#frederick 'drama queen' wentworth

[firawren]

Captain Wentworth at the concert:

Source: mrjacob-santiago

[kwebtv]

The First Churchills - BBC Two - Septembr 27, 1969 - December 13, 1969

Period Drama (12 Episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Susan Hampshire as Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

John Neville as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

James Villiers as King Charles II

John Westbrook as King James II

Sheila Gish as Queen Mary, wife to James II

Alan Rowe as King William III

Lisa Daniely as Queen Mary II

Margaret Tyzack as Queen Anne

Roger Mutton as Prince George of Denmark

Robert Robinson as King Louis XIV

John Standing as Sidney Godolphin

Frederick Peisley as Lord Shaftesbury

Job Stewart as Lord Shrewsbury

James Kerry as James, Duke of Monmouth

Richard Pearson as Robert Harley

Moira Redmond as Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland

Richard Warwick as Francis Godolphin

Polly Adams as Henrietta Churchill

Graham Armitage as John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Colin Bean as Lord Russell

Consuela Chapman as Duchess of Portsmouth

Michael Culver as Charles Churchill

Andria Lawrence as Nell Gwyn

Michael Lynch as D'Artagnan:

Kay Patrick as Henrietta Wentworth

Arthur Pentelow as Marquess of Carmarthen

Bruce Purchase as Duke of Buckingham

John Ringham as Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester

Nicholas Smith as Titus Oates

Michael Attwell as Henry St John

Jill Balcon as Abigail Masham

Freddie Wilson as James Stuart, the Old Pretender

Yvonne Antrobus as Anne Churchill

Robert Mill as Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

William Job as Adam de Cardonnel

Bernard Taylor as William Cadogan

Francis Wallis as John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford

The First Churchills was the first series telecast by PBS under the title of Masterpiece Theatre from January 10, 1971 - March 28, 1971

[thebirdandhersong]

Thoughts thoughts thoughts on The Winning of Lucinda... 

Lucinda is a very fairy tale name!! (The question is: can I ever read anything again without enthusiastically shouting Fairy tale! Fairy tale! in my head? Probably not.) (I did get a vicious stab of satisfaction from reading that one wikipedia article that confirmed my thoughts on The Sound of Music being vaguely fairy tale-like, though, and I’m still ruminating over THAT....)

L.M. Montgomery’s writing style is full of both happy contentment and brewing chaos. it’s like a picnic: full of lovely people (some of which are friends, some of which are strangers) and the occasional unintentionally hilarious conversation, but there are also people running everywhere, an abundance of food and relations, and some form of mischief or other is just sitting quietly in the corner and waiting for a careless person to put their foot through it... It’s nice and comfortable and warm, and makes you feel right at home. But it’s also full of friendly activity.

the way she puts things is SO funny. L.M. Montgomery is very funny, in her own gentle and whimsical way. Examples: Mrs. George addressing the dahlias ("Fifteen years!" murmured Mrs. George helplessly to the dahlias. "Engaged for fifteen years and never speaking to each other! Dear heart and soul, think of it! Oh, these Penhallows!"), “the younger fry foregathered and chatted and coquetted”, “I never saw such a splendid chin and dimple”, “Dear me! But WHY?” (a constant mood), “What Penhallow skeleton had she unwittingly jangled?”

I love how L.M. Montgomery makes it a point to write characters who still have that wonder and excitement of childhood!! I love that Lucinda is still full of girlishness because “good taste and a strong sense of humour preserved her”. 

Lucinda still wears Romney’s ring. Out in public. Oh my.

the fact that the family used to lay traps in order to trick her into speaking to Romney is very sweet and also SUCH a considerate yet interfering family thing to do.

NEW DRESS (Fairy tale! Fairy tale!)

I love how Ms Montgomery phrases certain things (“the mirror still dealt gently” with Lucinda!!!)

Romney comparing Lucinda’s eyes to blueberries is very Wodehousian except he was being serious and I’m not sure if this is sweet or the funniest thing I’ve read

ANNE?????? (I’m still surprised, sorry)

I love that when they run into each other she's fuming and also indignant because he's there, and he's surprised and also indignant because she's there

“He liked being the butt of an awkward situation as little as most men; and certainly to be obliged to walk home over moonlit fields at one o'clock in the morning with the woman he had loved and never spoken to for fifteen years was the irony of fate with a vengeance”...... nice

It's a matter of pride... only pride! Lucinda's not as worried about being alone with him (in fact she's relieved that she doesn't have to walk home alone) as much as she's worried about him thinking that she set this whole thing up. Which is very interesting.

I like that she feels safe with him, and that she knows him well enough to know right away that he won't leave her to walk home by herself!!

Romney opens the gate for her. Latches it behind her. Walks beside her. What a gentleman. The romance of all this is both spoiled and heightened because neither one of them is williing to take this nonsense in stride.

Both of them are such drama queens and I love them Very Much

Romney is Angry but he insists on taking care of her and I love him for it. 

It’s.... the funniest thing, too..... the fact that the world around them is described with such beautiful descriptions (even being compared to a fairyland)...... and Lucinda is being carried by her prince......... and here they both are, furious at each other, and Lucinda gets even more furious still because she can't tell him to stop without breaking this spell

"You IDIOT" being the first words Lucinda says to Romney after fifteen years is Peak Comedy

I love that L.M. Montgomery clearly tells us that they both have a good sense of humour (it's referenced twice in Lucinda's case, and Romney struggles to keep a "suspicious quiver of laughter out of his tone" after they fall into the stream)... they’re similar in a lot of ways! Both stubborn, both determined not to make the first move, both drama queens, but both in possession of a good sense of humour (and the same sense of humour, too)

Their conversation has a lot of Wentworth-Anne energy... there's a lot of stuff going on and a lot being communicated on surface level, but underneath it there's a sense of knowing the other person and telling them (whether consciously or unconsciously): I know you. I remember you. I still think of you.

Example: "Hurry, Lucinda," he entreated. "You will catch your death of cold." "I never take cold," answered Lucinda, with chattering teeth. "And it is my dress I am thinking of--was thinking of. You have more need to hurry. You are sopping wet yourself and you know you are subject to colds. There--come." (I LOVE this part because Romney is worried about Lucinda, Lucinda is worried about her dress (I love her), Lucinda is cross but also worried about Romney, Lucinda tells Romney that she knows he gets sick easily!!)

This passage!!! "I was left to walk home," said Lucinda coolly. "So Romney and I came across the fields. There was no bridge over the brook, and when he was carrying me over he slipped and we fell in. That is all. No, Cecilia, I never take cold, so don't worry. Yes, my dress is ruined, but that is of no consequence. No, thank you, Cecilia, I do not care for a hot drink. Romney, do go and take off those wet clothes of yours immediately. No, Cecilia, I will NOT take a hot footbath. I am going straight to bed. Good night."I love that she says “I was left to walk home”, I love that she states the course of events very matter-of-fctly (That Is All. No big deal), I love that Cecilia worries about her, I love that the dress is mentioned again, I love that Cecilia offers her a hot drink, I love how she tells Romney to go and take care of himself, I love that Cecilia suggests that she takes a hot footbath.

“"My dear Cecilia," said Mrs. Frederick, "we shall never know."They never did know” is a wonderful way to end the story :)

[novemberhush]

Name ten favorite characters from ten different things (books, tv, film, etc.), then tag ten people to do the same.

I was tagged by the wonderful @inquisitor-lightwood-bane , thanks, hon!😊

Okay, just off the top of my head, and in no particular order.

1) Gob Bluth from Arrested Development (I adore George Michael Bluth too, but I’m trying to keep it to only one character from each show, book, etc)

2) Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation (although I love so many characters from this show)

3) Bucky Barnes from the MCU (if I loved him any more I’d be Steve Rogers, but not that fake Steve Rogers from the end of Endgame)

4) Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility (her sister, Marianne, is such a drama queen, give me cool, calm and collected Elinor any day)

5) Captain Frederick Wentworth from Persuasion (his beloved Anne Elliot is also a favourite of mine)

6) Stiles Stilinski from Teen Wolf (the show, not the movie, because it’s been years since I saw the movie and I don’t remember much about it)

7) Alec Scudder from Maurice (both the book and the film)

8) Martin Q. Blank from Grosse Pointe Blank

9) Evan ‘Buck’ Buckley from 9-1-1 (although really all the main ensemble cast deserve love)

10) John McClane from Die Hard

Honorary mention to the entire main cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine because I couldn’t pick just one of them to put on the list.

I tag @elysiumwaits @cameorabbit @jennoasis @jmeelee @fictionallovesarebetter @rolodexthoughts @halespecterwinchester @sassenach-on-the-rocks @hcnkycat @zerokrox-blog and anyone else who wants to play. No pressure on anyone who doesn’t!😘