Yes – but Clementine’s role must be one of the toughest for script writers and actresses alike.
The only performance which I found faultless was Vanessa Redgrave facing Albert Finney. As for the programme under discussion, which I saw in the spring – my best memory of it is of a row between Randolph and his sisters : I do not remember seeing such a scene in previous films or series. Whether it is worth watching just for that scene is another question . . . Best, A.C. Professor Antoine CAPET, FRHistS Head of British Studies University of Rouen 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan France antoine.ca...@univ-rouen.fr 'Britain since 1914' Section Editor Royal Historical Society Bibliography Reviews Editor of CERCLES http://www.cercles.com/review/reviews.html ========================================== From: 'John Mather' via ChurchillChat Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 7:50 PM To: churchillchat@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] USA TV Broadcast of Churchill's Secret Bravo Cita, Thank you for illuminating a further demonstration in this dastardly drama's gross liberties taken with history and the portrayal of the various personalities. This drama should be accepted as best a romp through one author's imagination rather than any serious attempt to ensure that "the record is accurate" let alone "the memory green". So let's leave it at the gate and quietly forget that it was ever spawned!! John Sent from my iPhone On Sep 13, 2016, at 8:11 PM, Cita Stelzer <c...@irwinstelzer.com> wrote: Whether “Churchill‘s Secret”, broadcast in the USA last night, was riveting television I leave to the critics. But that it was historically inaccurate at one important point there is no doubt. Lindsay Duncan’s beautifully acted television version of Clemmie as a wife competing with his political career for his time and attention has no relation to the real-life version. Clementine Churchill, as I point out in my review of Sonia Purnell’s biography of Clementine Churchill, was no whining woman at odds with her husband’s political life. In fact, Clemmie was a full partner in his political career, entertaining politicians and military figures when he was away in the trenches in WWI. And as any fair reading of their voluminous correspondence shows, offering wise advice to the often impetuous-Winston, advice that prolonged his career. Not only was she a full partner in his work, she had a full and rich life of her own, witness her fund-raising work for the Red Cross’s Aid to the Soviet Union. Kudos to Ms. Duncan, and don’t blame her for being asked to portray the fiction of a novelist’s imagination. Cita Stelzer Cita Stelzer Please note new email address: c...@irwinstelzer.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --- L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le logiciel antivirus Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
