THEY'RE JUST 'DOONE' 'ROMEO AND JULIET'.Byline: David Kronke TV Critic ``Lorna Doone Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor, is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. It was first published anonymously in 1869, in a limited three-volume edition of just 500 copies, of which only 300 sold. ,'' R.D. Blackmore's 1869 novel of battling families and forbidden love, is more or less ``Romeo and Juliet'' with a happy ending. Tonight's three-hour adaptation on A&E, courtesy the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. , is a somewhat melodramatic but nonetheless satisfying production, with inspired performances, snatches of droll droll adj. droll·er, droll·est Amusingly odd or whimsically comical. n. Archaic A buffoon. [French drôle, buffoon, droll, from Old French drolle dialogue and well-mounted battle sequences. A wealthy and powerful family whose sense of entitlement tends to trample common decency, the Doones ruthlessly lord it over the modest town of Exmoor and much of the West Country, sort of the 17th-century equivalent of Florida today Florida Today is the major daily newspaper serving Melbourne, Brevard County and the Space Coast region of Florida. It was founded in 1966 by the Gannett corporation. . When a group of reckless Doones, led by the unhinged Carver (Aiden Gillen, who grinds his character into cliche), cavalierly murder John Ridd's father, John (Richard Coyle Richard Coyle (b. 27 February, 1972 in Sheffield, England) is an English actor. He began his acting career when, studying politics at the University of York (1991-1994), he became interested in amateur dramatics. ) vows revenge. This becomes a trickier proposition when he falls for the beautiful and pure Lorna (Amelia Warner Amelia Warner (born June 4 1982) is an English actress. Warner was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, the only child of actress Annette Ekblom and Welsh-born actor Alun Lewis.[1] Her paternal uncle is actor Hywel Bennett. ), who is loathe to confess to John her lineage: She is a Doone - and, oh, yes, Carver wants her hand in marriage. The result, of course, is much hand-wringing and romantic anguish and garish plot twists and bloody retribution, not helped, naturally, by a simultaneous and equally nasty challenge to the throne after King Charles King Charles can refer to:
Equally good are Martin Clunes as Capt. Stickles, who befriends the Ridds and lavishly avails himself of their hospitality, and Michael Kitchen as Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys, wearily droll whether ordering executions or extending extraordinary kindnesses. ``LORNA DOONE'' What: Adaptation of the R.D. Blackmore saga of feuding families and forbidden love. The stars: Richard Coyle, Amelia Warner, Aidan Gillen. Where: A&E. When: 8 tonight. Our rating: Three stars CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Amelia Warner and Richard Coyle are the star-crossed lovers in A&E's production of ``Lorna Doone.'' |
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