Jan 12, 2015 with lavish costumes and beautiful english countryside, cheerful weather for the wedding is a joy from start to finish in the grand tradition of english period comedydramas, filled with light. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 plot keywords imdb. Her character struggles with her choice of partner on her big day. Cheerful weather for the wedding comes over as a brilliant comic setpiece in search of a novel to contain it. Cheerful weather for the wedding persephone classics paperback 31. Cheerful weather for the wedding is not a terribly complicated movie. Cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey. Anyone facing a deluge of summer nuptials will find breezy relief in julia strachey s 1932 novella, cheerful weather for the wedding. A young woman frets upstairs in her familys country manor on her. I felt i only knew two characters well by the end the mother of the bride, outrageous in her inability to empathise with anyone at all, and the other man. Today is dolly thatchams wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that bubble to the surface at such gatherings. The previous summer, joseph and dolly experienced rapture in one anothers arms, and as the hour of her wedding approaches, old passions are reignited. Cheerful weather for the wedding julia strachey the captive.
Cheerful weather for the wedding film the guardian. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Watch cheerful weather for the wedding prime video. Cheerful weather for the wedding full movie free download. Strachey simon wanted to start the year with a nice persephone book, cheerful weather for the wedding, by j. Jul 01, 2012 cheerful weather for the wedding in australian cinemas april 18th 20 on a crisp march morning in 1932, bridetobe dolly felicity jones is hiding in her bedroom daydreaming of the whimsical. Today is dolly thatchams wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and gri. As john russell remarks, it is pure comedy, dealt in a particular.
Cheerful weather for the wedding official trailer youtube. Apr 23, 2009 buy cheerful weather for the wedding persephone classics reprint by strachey, julia isbn. If you like cheerful weather for the wedding you are looking for sweet, captivating and entertaining movies about with lovers reunited, under the surface, love and romance, love triangle, wedding, ex lover and friendship themes of comedy, drama and romance genre shot in uk. Cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey 1932, persephone 2009 this book came to my attention in a blog entry that described it as a slapstick. Cheerful weather for the wedding dvd big gay picture show. Cheerful weather for the wedding a colorful british comedy.
Cheerful weather for the wedding julia strachey the. The initial attempt rather threw me i wasnt quite sure what i was dealing with it was. Cheerful weather for the wedding persephone classics. Julias own mother had been a remote figure since her divorce from julias father, oliver strachey, so. I watched it last night and it is one of my new favorite films. Cheerful weather for the wedding on dvd march 26, 20 starring felicity jones, james norton, luke treadaway, elizabeth mcgovern. A young woman frets upstairs in her familys country manor on her wedding day, fearful shes about to marry the wrong man.
I expected, therefore, to be entertained in the way that one is entertained by wodehouse and benson and waugh, or perhaps by nancy mitford. May 23, 2015 still, as short as it is, cheerful weather for the wedding is quite the cheerful and amusing read. Adapted from the 1932 novella cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey of the bloomsbury group, the film is about a young woman on her wedding day who worries that shes about to marry the wrong man, while both her fiance. The beautiful piano music for cheerful weather a 1932 waltz by levitzki was especially recorded for us by daniel becker. Cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey 1932. With felicity jones, luke treadaway, elizabeth mcgovern, james norton. The book that caught my eye was a 1932 first edition of julia stracheys satirical novella called cheerful weather for the wedding. Donald rices cheerful weather for the wedding calls upon the style and period and even an actress from the popular tv drama downton abbey. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 plot summary imdb. The genius of the book is its determined lack of sentimentality. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at movies. Cheerful weather for the wedding is about a miserable bride and her frantic, controlling, unbearable mother who is blind to everything that is going on around her, determined to create a bright, cheerful reality for the sake of appearances a satire on english society but also a view of its suffocating effects on women. Cheerful weather for the wedding is supposed to be funny, i think. Jan 29, 20 cheerful weather for the wedding julia strachey january 29, 20 by claire the captive reader when i picked up cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey for the first time three years ago, i did so knowing that it is one of those persephone titles that readers are divided on.
Best movies like cheerful weather for the wedding bestsimilar. Cheerful weather for the wedding describes a country wedding in dorset guests eat and drink, a rejected suitor wanders around, the bride fortifies herself with rum and everybody pays tribute to the institution of marriage. To read more about cheerful weather for the wedding go to the persephone. Cheerful weather was simultaneously issued as an audiobook, read by miriam margolyes in a production by the awardwinning company, the story circle. Cheerful weather for the wedding persephone classics by strachey, julia and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Im going to quit right here with it, at least for now, but its been great fun kicking ideas around regarding what the author intended, and how were supposed to read her characters and the seething. The best of the bunch is mackenzie crook gareth from the original the office series and oneeyed pirate righetti from the pirates of caribbean franchise as dollys uncle who sees both the torture of a family wedding and the possibility to have a little fun. Our first text is julia stracheys cheerful weather for the wedding, initially published in 1932 and since reissued by persephone books. Published by the hogarth press in 1932, it tells the story of a brisk march day in england, somewhere on the dorset coast, during which dolly is due to marry the honourable owen bigham. The weather may be cheerful for dolly thatchams wedding certainly her mother insists that it is so, although dollys friend evelyn notes wryly. Cheerful weather for the wedding persephone classics 9781906462079. Parents need to know that cheerful weather for the wedding is anything but cheerful. Rumour has it tiger has a tattoo but its never been located.
Cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey goodreads. The storys plot all occurs on the day of dollys wedding to an older man. Waylaid by the disheartened admirer who failed to win her over while he still could, a. A large group of family members and assorted friends gathers for a young womans marriage in postwwi england, an event that she seems to be anticipating with dread. According to frances partridge in the introduction, the book was written at.
Cheerful weather for the wedding is a rather gloriously intriguing little bit of literature in that the speculations it spawns are endless. This book is really short, but introduces lots of characters in its pages. Apr 30, 2012 i still dont know what to make of cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey. Cheerful weather for the wedding, with elizabeth mcgovern.
Cheerful weather for the wedding stills, screencaps and promotional pictures. Im a new convert to the persephone books, so i immediately jumped at the opportunity and made my first order for these greatquality books. Cheerful weather for the wedding movie quotes rotten. Cheerful weather for the wedding synopsis fandango. Like its all in a book from the lending library, to be returned when youve finished. The plot itself is secondary to the character studies, but it is acerbically witty and profoundly real. Dec 07, 2012 starring elizabeth mcgovern as hetty thatcham, the widowed matriarch of a wellheeled british clan, cheerful weather for the wedding may look like an offshoot of downton abbey. Cheerful weather for the wedding 1932 is a novella by julia strachey. This witty little sketch shows evidence of quite unusual humor, observation and insight, cheerful weather for the wedding is very short too slight for a novel, too long for a short story, and. Cheerful weather for the wedding is a 2012 british comedy drama film directed by donald rice and starring felicity jones, luke treadaway, and elizabeth mcgovern.
Cheerful weather for the wedding movie movie insider. Dec 07, 2012 cheerful weather for the wedding photos. Do you ever feel like youre just reading about yourself. Anyone facing a deluge of summer nuptials will find breezy relief in julia stracheys 1932 novella, cheerful weather for the wedding. There is a little light humor coming from family members, but nothing raucous or more than mildly amusing. It is a brisk english march day, and dolly is getting ready to marry the wrong man. The publication of cheerful weather for the wedding coincided with the breakdown of julia stracheys own marriage to the bisexual, depressive, alcoholic, sculptor, stephen tomlin, whose mother, according to frances partridge was the model for the monstrously selfabsorbed mrs thatcham. She places a small cast on a restricted set and the principal action, the wedding of the title, takes place offstage. Miss pettigrew lives for a day by winifred watson miss buncles book by d. The comedy drama, adapted from the 1932 novel by julia strachey, offers a pleasing storyline with spoton production values and a fine cast.
Her metaphors, similes, and use of symbolism oh, that tortoise. The overall plot is, admittedly, rather slow moving, but this film wasnt meant to be fast paced with lots of explosions and car chases, it was meant to. Two crossed books lying flat, the round top of a table, a carved lizards head. Forster and virginia woolf, and other bloomsbury elders, julia greatly admired chekhov. Cheerful weather for the wedding by julia strachey librarything.
But i expected a continuous chuckle, and maybe a laughoutloud moment or two, and this was not that sort of book. Its a wittily choreographed novella, guaranteed to put a smile on your face some of the characters can seem a bit too outofplace in the plot at times, but i suppose thats one of the details that gives the novella its unusual charm. Strachey is perhaps bestknown to historians as the niece of lytton strachey, founding member of the bloomsbury group and author of eminent victorians 1918. Cheerful weather is a social comedy in the sense that the cherry orchard is a comedy. Thatcham, is unable either to manage or to comprehend. The book is too brief to explain much, and i had to guess why the wedding was happening at all. Dec 06, 2012 donald rices cheerful weather for the wedding calls upon the style and period and even an actress from the popular tv drama downton abbey. View all photos 21 cheerful weather for the wedding quotes. Rent cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 starring felicity jones and elizabeth mcgovern on dvd and bluray. Rent cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 on dvd and. Trouble soon appears in the shape of joseph, dollys lover from the previous summer, who throws her feelings into turmoil.
Published by the hogarth press in 1932, it tells the story of a brisk march day in england. The overall plot is, admittedly, rather slow moving, but this film wasnt meant to be fast paced with lots of explosions and car chases, it was meant to be a deep examination of people. Apart from these performances, cheerful weather for the wedding is an average dramatic comedy, with a dry, british humor and a lack of ingenuity. Yes, there were moments of wit, and characters like mrs thatcham who were so over the top that i had to laugh. Published by the hogarth press in 1932, it tells the story of a brisk march day in england, somewhere on the dorset coast, 1 during which dolly is due to marry the honourable owen bigham.
Stuckinabook cheerful weather for the wedding readalong. Its basically an english period piece about a dysfunctional family, elizabeth mcgovern. These two novels published in 1932 and 1951 introduced a rare and unusual talent. Cheerful weather for the wedding movie quotes rotten tomatoes. Cheerful weather for the wedding 2012 rotten tomatoes. I wanted to like it very much indeed, for this is my first disappointment in the many persephone that i have read. The film covered one day dollys wedding day, but throughout the film we got glimpses of past experiences and we also saw different perspectives of the events. The last summer, shown in major flashbacks, dashing. That sense of disconnection, of passions spontaneously indulged and then put back on the shelf, pervades this. The setting is the large house in the south of england, staffed by a fair number of servants whom the owner, mrs.
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