The Moonstone (1959 TV serial)
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The Moonstone is a 1959 British television serial
adapted from the Wilkie Collins
novel
The Moonstone
. The series was made by the BBC
and ran in 1959 over seven episodes.
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
adapted from the Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. He was very popular during the Victorian era and wrote 30 novels, more than 60 short stories, 14 plays, and over 100 non-fiction pieces...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
The Moonstone
The Moonstone
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. The story was originally serialized in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are considered Wilkie...
. The series was made by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and ran in 1959 over seven episodes.
Cast and characters
| Actor/Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| James Hayter | Gabriel Betteredge |
| Annabelle Lee | Penelope Betteredge |
| Barry Letts Barry Letts Barry Leopold Letts was a British actor, television director, writer and producer best known for his work on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and for producing the BBC's Sunday Classic drama serials in the late 1970s and early 1980s... |
Colonel Herncastle |
| Rachel Gurney Rachel Gurney Rachel Gurney was an English actress. She began her career in the theatre towards the end of World War II and then expanded into television and film in the 1950s. She remained active mostly in television and theatre work through the early 1990s... |
Lady Verinder |
| Mary Webster Mary Webster (actress) Mary Webster is a British actress best known for her 45 appearances as Sarah Onedin in the BBC nautical drama The Onedin Line .Webster's first television appearance was in The Man from the South for Cameo Theatre... |
Rachel Verinder |
| Dorothy Gordon | Rosanna Spearman |
| James Sharkey | Franklin Blake |
| Anthony Sagar Anthony Sagar Anthony Sagar was an English character actor. Although rarely receiving top billing, he was regarded as a stalwart and appeared in many well-known films and in many television sitcoms and dramas such as The Moonstone, Dad's Army, The Avengers and Steptoe and Son.-Career:Sagar was born in... |
Jame |