Most period drama fans play the "recognize that actor game" from time to time-- after all, it is a truth universally acknowledged that many of the same actors have played multiple roles in our favorite old-fashioned films. This is true for Pride and Prejudice as well as any other period drama... and so
today we bring you a Degrees of Separation game, inspired by the lovely Miss Laurie at her blog Old-Fashioned Charm. To play, simply identify the characters, actors and period dramas in the blanks below. Copy and paste the text into a comment, and fill in the parentheses with the names of characters, actors and films that you know. If there are any that stump you, just leave a question mark within those parenthesis.
Have fun!
Jennifer Ehle was in Pride and Prejudice (as Elizabeth Bennet)
with ______ (as ______) who was in Lorna Doone (as ______ )
with _____ (as ______ ) who was in Wives and Daughters (as _____)
with _____ (as ______) who was in Return to Cranford (as ______)
with _____ (as _____) who was in Henry V 2012 (as _____ )
with _____ (as _____) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as ______)
with _____ (as ______) who was in North and South (as _____)
with ______ (as _______) who was in Bleak House (as _____)
with ______ (as _______) who was in Little Dorrit (as _____)
with ______ (as _______) who was in Sense and Sensibility 1995 (as _____)
with ______ (as _______) who was in Cranford (as _____)
with ______ (as _______) who was in Pride and Prejudice (as ______)
with Jennifer Ehle!
5 comments:
Jennifer Ehle was in Pride and Prejudice (as Elizabeth Bennet)
with Anthony Calf (as Colonel Fitzwilliam) who was in Lorna Doone (as ? can't remember character's name)
with Barbara Flynn (as Sarah Ridd) who was in Wives and Daughters (as Miss Browning)
with Deborah Findlay or Francesca Annis (as Miss Phoebe Browning or Hyacinth Gibson) who was in Return to Cranford (as Miss Thompkinson or Lady Ludlow)
with TOM HIDDLESTON!!!! (as William Buxton) who was in Henry V 2012 (as King Henry V - did you see that?)
with John Dagleish (as ? can't recall) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as Alf Arless)
with Brendan Coyle (as Robert Timmins) who was in North and South (as Nicholas Higgins)
with Anna Maxwell Martin (as Bessy Higgins) who was in Bleak House (as Esther Summerson)
with Alun Armstrong (as Inspector Bucket) who was in Little Dorrit (as Jeremiah Flintwich & his twin brother)
with James Fleetwood (as Frederick Dorrit) who was in Sense and Sensibility 1995 (as John Dashwood)
with Imelda Staunton (as Charlotte Palmer) who was in Cranford (as Miss Pole)
with Julia Sawalha (as Jessie Brown) who was in Pride and Prejudice (as Lydia Bennet)
with Jennifer Ehle!
There were some tricky spots in there! It's funny when you're actually playing these game through that you notices short cuts like back in Lark Rise to Candleford there was Julia Sawalha and Victoria Hamilton who are both in P&P95. And then I could just go off on "and she's also in that" or "and he's in that"! I couldn't remember a couple of the characters names. This was fun! :)
Ooooh yay! Maybe one of my favorite games yet! I had to look up a few names to match up since I haven't yet seen all of these, so I shall put *asterisks* around those the I did NOT know.
Jennifer Ehle was in Pride and Prejudice (as Elizabeth Bennet)
with Anthony Calf (as Col. Fitzwilliam) who was in Lorna Doone (as Tom )
with Richard Coyle (as John) who was in Wives and Daughters (as Mr. Coxe)
with Barbara Flyn (Miss Browning) who was in Return to Cranford (as Mrs. Jamison)
with Tom Hiddleston! (as Willy Wonka…uh, I mean William Buxton) who was in Henry V 2012 (as Henry V )
with *John Degleish* (as *John Bates*) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as *Alf Arliss*)
with Brendan Coyle (as *Robert Timmins*) who was in North and South (as Nicolas Higgins)
with Anna Maxwell Martin (as Bessy) who was in Bleak House (as Esther Summerson)
with Alun Armstrong (as Bucket) who was in Little Dorrit (as Flintwinch)
with James Fleet (as Frederick Dorrit) who was in Sense and Sensibility 1995 (as John Dashwood)
with Greg Wise (as Willoughby) who was in Cranford (as Sir Charles Maulver)
with Julia Sawalha (as Jesse Brown) who was in Pride and Prejudice (as Lydia Bennet)
with Jennifer Ehle!
Hello everyone,
Just wanted to say... I won't be able to comment back with your answers because sadly I can't see the whole answer! The Blogger comment publication format doesn't let you see the whole comment if it's over a certain number of characters, and the only way to see the whole thing is to publish the comment... which I can't do until the contest is over! So please just leave your answers here in the comment box, and then on Friday when the game closes I'll publish all the comments, calculate the scores, and announce a winner on Saturday.
Thanks for participating!
You just had to stick Henry V in there so there was a movie I wouldn't know. >.<
:P
Jennifer Ehle was in Pride and Prejudice (as Elizabeth Bennet)
with Anthony Calf as Col. Fitzwilliam) who was in Lorna Doone (as what's-his-face... (argh, I've only seen that once! But he was the cousin, or something like that, of Mr. Cox... I mean John...) )
with _____ (as John Ridd ) who was in Wives and Daughters (as Mr. Cox :P)
with Francesca Annis (as Mrs. Gibson) who was in Return to Cranford (as Lady Ludlow--although she was in Cranford too, haha, so I'm not sure that's who you meant unless you were being tricky on purpose)
with Did you say Tom Hiddleston was in Henry V? Seems likely, so I'll go with that. :P (as ? can't remember his name either! Good grief.) who was in Henry V 2012 (as _____ )
with _____ (as ____) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as Rev. Ellison?)
with Brendan Coyle (as Robert Timmins) who was in North and South (as Nicholas Higgins)
with Anna Maxwell Martin (as Bessy Higgins) who was in Bleak House (as Esther Summerson)
with Alun Armstrong (as Mr. Bucket) who was in Little Dorrit (as Flauntwanch--er, Jeremiah Flintwinch)
with James Fleetwood or Harriet Walter (Frederick Dorrit or Mrs. Gowan) who was in Sense and Sensibility 1995 (as John or Fanny Dashwood)
with Imelda Staunton (as Mrs. Palmer) who was in Cranford (as Miss Pole)
with Julia Sawalha (as Jessie Brown) who was in Pride and Prejudice (as Lydia Bennet)
with Jennifer Ehle!
And that's the best I can do without IMDb. Heehee.
And by the way, now that I've put my guess in I could actually forward you the other comments, because I have them sent to my main email (but I didn't open them)... I wonder if there's some way to make it sent to that AND shelvesinthecloset? Hmmm...
Anyways, let me know if you do. It's a little late now though. ;)
Thanks for playing, everyone! This contest is now closed. The answers (and a winner) will be announced sometime tomorrow.
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