Muriel Spark - The ELUSIVE SPARK BBC Ex-S & BBC Bookmark Film

Dame Muriel Spark was brought up to believe she was a poet and a dreamer. A writer of international renown, and the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, she rarely gave interviews or allowed glimpses into her private life. After much consultation she was persuaded to be interviewed in her Italian home by her fellow writer and biographer Alan Taylor.

With extracts from:
Curriculum Vitae
The Girls of Slender Means
Emily Bronte, Her Life and Work
Loitering With Intent
The Seraph and the Zambezi
The Comforters
Memento Mori
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Drivers Seat
The Portobello Road

Contributors:
Professor David Lodge, Novelist and Critic
Dr Ruth Whittaker, Critic
Frances Cowell, School Friend
Doris Lessing, Novelist
Neville Braybrooke, Writer and Friend

Written and Narrated by Alan Taylor

Readings: Tamara Kennedy, John Murtagh

Rostrum Camera: Malcolm Paris
Film Camera: Garry Morrison, Tony Cowan
Camera Assistants: Chris Burns, Gordon Gronbach
Sound Recordist: Mike Thomas
Production Manager: Joan Raba
Researcher (Italy): Regina Sansalone
Assistant Producer: Mark Downie
On-Line Editor: Chris Mason
Dubbing Mixers: Bronek Korda, Derek Livesey
Film Editor: Jan Leman

Producer: May Miller
Director: Eleanor Yule
Bookmark Series Editor: Roland Keating

BBC MCMXCVI


For more information please visit:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/bo...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Appointment-...


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