Clarissa

Author

Sean Bean

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Complete U.K. broadcast edition ; full screen version.

Performers

Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham, Hermione Norris, Sean Pertwee.

Publication Information

Silver Spring, MD : Distributed under license from BBC Video Limited by Acorn Media Group, c2005.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Based on the 18th century novel by Samuel Richardson, this is the original tale of fatal attraction and dangerous liasons. A wealthy young heiress, famed for her virtue, is sought by a man wishing to seduce and destroy her reputation. For the first time in his life, he becomes genuinely infatuated with his prey, and sows the seeds of his own fate.

Notes

DVD format ; Dolby digital stereo.

Videodisc release of a Masterpiece Theatre television program broadcast in 1991.

Based on the novel by Samuel Richardson.

Not rated, but recommended for mature audiences.