Mansfield Park is a 1983 British television drama serial, made by the BBC, and adapted from Jane Austen's 1814 novel of the same name. The serial was the first screen adaptation of the novel. Unlike Patricia Rozema's 1999 film, it is faithful to Jane Austen's novel. Jonny Lee Miller, who has a small role as Charles Price in this serial, played Edmund Bertram in Rozema's adaptation.
Set, like all her novels, in contemporary England, Jane Austen's tale of virtue and vice centres on young and impoverished Fanny Price who arrives at the elegant country estate of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram. Snubbed by everyone except her cousin Edmund, Fanny begins her long struggle for acceptance by her snobbish relations, who believe wealth automatically means quality. Although Fanny finally wins some respect from the Bertrams, she incurs the displeasure of her uncle by rejecting a marriage proposal from handsome philanderer Henry Crawford because she sees through Crawford's veneer and is unwilling to marry such an unprincipled man. After a period spent at the home of her parents and siblings in Portsmouth, she returns to Mansfield Park because of unfortunate events affecting the Bertram family, and through her support for the family and her adherence to moral principles, her worth is recognised.
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Cast
Katie Durham-Matthews – Young Fanny
Sylvestra Le Touzel – Fanny Price
Christopher Villiers – Tom Bertram
Giles Ashton – Young Tom
Nicholas Farrell – Edmund Bertram
Alex Lowe – Young Edmund
Samantha Bond – Maria Bertram
Alys Wallbank – Young Maria
Liz Crowther – Julia Bertram
Sharon Beare – Young Julia
Bernard Hepton – Sir Thomas Bertram
Angela Pleasence – Lady Bertram
Gillian Martell – Mrs Rushworth
Jonathan Stephens – Mr Rushworth
Anna Massey – Mrs Norris
Peter Finn – Mr Norris
Robert Burbage – Henry Crawford
Jackie Smith-Wood – Mary Crawford
Gorden Kaye – Dr Grant
Susan Edmonstone – Mrs Grant
Robin Langford – Mr Yates
Kenneth Hage – Fiddler
Allan Hendrick – William Price
Luke Healy – Young William Price
Alison Fiske – Mrs Price
David Buck – Mr Price
Eryl Maynard – Susan Price
Claire Simmons – Betsey Price
Paul Davies-Prowells – Sam Price
James Campbell – Tom Price
Jonny Lee Miller – Charles Price
Vivienne Moore – Rebecca
Neville Phillips – Baddely
Norman Mann – Jenkins
Paul Doust – Curate
"Snuff" – Pug
Crew
Derek Bourgeois – Composed and conducted music
Marion McDougall, Anthony Smith – Production Managers
Sheelagh Reese – Production Associate
Yvonne Collins, Sally Dean – Production Assistants
David Mason, Paul Carney – Assistant Floor Managers
Peter Netley – Graphic Designer
Sally Clements – Properties Buyer
Roger Neal – Vision Control Supervisor
John Barclay – Vision Mixer
Trevor Wimlett, Chris Wickham – Cameramen
Geoff Higgs – Engineering Manager
Stan Pow – Video-tape Editor
Daphne Croker – Makeup Designer
Ian Adley – Costume Designer
Robin Luxford – Sound
Bert Robinson – Lighting
John Bone – Designer
Betty Willingale – Producer
David Giles – Director
John and Mary Holmes – Trained Pug