A one-of-a-kind story - about the relationship between Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson), a mannish but heterosexual painter who always referred to herself by her surname, and Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce), the homosexual writer and historian with whom she lived, on and off, for 17 years. The two unconventional figures are intensely drawn to one another, Lytton, to his amazement, almost (but not quite) to the point of heterosexual love. An army officer (Steven Waddington) comes into their lives, whom Carrington marries so as not to break up their (understated) menage-a-trois. As a marriage, it is less successful than their friendship, but all of Lytton and Dora's affairs fade away, leaving them alone again. Pryce seems punctilious perfection as the bearded Lytton; Thompson has a few uncertain moments, but generally does a difficult role well. Samuel West appears the best of the actors playing their various lovers; period detail is immaculately caught.


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