Vanity Fair (1987)

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Synopsis of Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray's once-controversial novel about the ambitious and amoral country lass Becky Sharp, has been adapted for British television on a number of occasions. This version, telecast by the BBC in 1987, was the most ambitious to date, running a full 16 half-hour episodes. Eve Matheson starred as the bewitching Becky, who rose to prominence in British society during the Napoleonic wars, only to crash and burn as a result of her own machinations and her predilection for loving neither wisely nor well. The 1987 Vanity Fair was later broadcast in America courtesy of the A&E cable network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Director(s):

Diarmuid Lawrence, Michael Owen Morris

Writer(s):

Alexander Baron

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