MASTERPIECE THEATRE: THERESE RAQUIN {PART 1 OF 3} (TV)

Summary

One in this ongoing series of dramas presented under the title "Masterpiece Theatre," hosted by Alistair Cooke. Part one of three in this television adaptation of Emile Zola's novel. This tale of adultery, homicide, and guilt concerns Therese Raquin, a withdrawn young woman who first experiences passion with her husband's friend Laurent. Together they plot to murder her husband, but in trying to cover up their deed, the passion between them dissipates.

Details

• NETWORK: PBS WGBH Boston, MA
• DATE: April 12, 1981 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:59:51
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T86:1169
• GENRE: Drama
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
• SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1971-
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Jonathan Powell … Producer
• Joan Wilson … Producer
• Simon Langton … Director
• Emile Zola … Writer, Based on the novel by
• Philip Mackie … Adapted by
• Patrick Gowers … Music by
• Alistair Cooke … Host
• Kate Nelligan … Cast, Therese Raquin
• Mona Washbourne … Cast, Madame Raquin
• Kenneth Cranham … Cast, Camille Raquin
• Brian Cox … Cast, Laurent
• Richard Pearson … Cast, Michaud
• Timothy Bateson … Cast, Grivet
• Philip Bowen … Cast, Oliver Michaud
• Jenny Galloway … Cast, Suzanne Michaud
• Christopher Benjamin … Cast, Chief Clerk
• Alan Rickman … Cast, Vidal
• Jane Gurnett … Cast, Girl
• Steven Crossley … Cast, Chief Oarsman
• Michael Oule … Cast, Boatkeeper