Overview

This fairy-tale-like drama, based on a 1904 short story by American poet and feminist author Renée Vivien, tells two opposing versions of the same narrative: one told verbally by Pierre Lenoir, a male narrator at a Victorian dinner party; the other told visually through the behavior of an unnamed woman who meets him on a fantasy cargo boat. The intercutting of the two stories creates a tension between the different world views of the woman and the man.

Top Cast

Alex Kingston

The Woman

Marcus Gilbert

Pierre Lenoir

Amelia Bullmore

Madame Plaisir

G

Gillian Hanna

Madame Printemps

V

Vicky Licorish

S

Seiriol Thomas

R

Robin Griffith