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DVD

Tipping the velvet

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Keeley Hawes, Rachael Stirling, Anna Chancellor, Jodhi May, Hugh Bonneville, John Bowe.

Publication Information

Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, 2004.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (178 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated; Recommended for mature audiences.

Summary

Set in the 1890's, the story of a lesbian love affair between a music hall male impersonator and a young woman smitten by the music hall life.

Notes

Originally broadcast by BBC2 in 3 parts, Oct. 2002.

Based on the novel by Sarah Waters.

Special features: interview with Sarah Waters and Andrew Davies; photo gallery; cast filmographies.

Subjects