The Changeling
1974Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain. Filmed with lush production values and at a leisurely, very British pace, Helen Mirren is riveting as Beatrice-Joanna, a young lass already torn by love and commitment.Beatrice-Joanna (Helen Mirren) is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo (Malcolm Reynolds) but is in love with Alsemero (Brian Cox). She hires her father's manservant, De Flores (Stanley Baker), to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward.The Changeling was an instalment of the BBC's Play of the Month series and is a production for television of a 1622 Jacobean tragedy of the same name, written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.
Acted in
Stanley Baker
as De Flores
Helen Mirren
as Beatrice-Joanna
Brian Cox
as Alsemero
Alan Webb
as Vermandero
T. P. McKenna
as Tomazo de Piracquo
Frances Tomelty
as Diaphanta
Norman Rossington
as Lollio
Susan Penhaligon
as Isabella
Kenneth Cranham
as Antonio
Malcolm Reynolds
as Alonzo de Piracquo
Tony Selby
as Jasperino
Raymond Francis
as Alibius
Anthony Douse
as Franciscus
George Camiller
as Pedro
Lionel Guyett
as Servant
Christopher Saul
as Servant
Chris Sanders
as Servant
Joyce Graeme
as Madwoman
Marika Rivera
as Madwoman