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form y separately published work icon Saraband for Dead Lovers single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Saraband for Dead Lovers Helen Simpson , 1935 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1948... 1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers
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Set in seventeenth-century Hanover, Saraband for Dead Lovers tells the story of the tragic love affair between Sophie Dorothea, wife of George I of England, and Count Konigsmark, a Swedish soldier. Events take place in a climate of political intrigue leading up to George I's succession to the English throne.

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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ealing Studios ,       1948 .
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      Extent: 96 min.p.
      Description: Colour; sound
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Not Suitable for Children : Alfred Hitchcock Films Helen Simpson's Australia Tanya Dalziell , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 126-132) Inside Story , October 2016;

''Helen Simpson’s Under Capricorn made a decades-long journey from novel to film to TV to DVD. Alfred Hitchcock’s version was a revealing stop-off along the way' 
y separately published work icon Saraband for Dead Lovers : The Film and its Production at Ealing Studios London : Convoy Publications , 1948 Z1839460 1948 single work prose A behind-the-scenes look at the production of the 1948 film Saraband for Dead Lovers; contents include a condensed version of the story (pp. 32-63) which was based on the novel, Saraband for Dead Lovers, by Helen Simpson.
y separately published work icon Saraband for Dead Lovers : The Film and its Production at Ealing Studios London : Convoy Publications , 1948 Z1839460 1948 single work prose A behind-the-scenes look at the production of the 1948 film Saraband for Dead Lovers; contents include a condensed version of the story (pp. 32-63) which was based on the novel, Saraband for Dead Lovers, by Helen Simpson.
Not Suitable for Children : Alfred Hitchcock Films Helen Simpson's Australia Tanya Dalziell , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Telling Stories : Australian Life and Literature 1935–2012 2013; (p. 126-132) Inside Story , October 2016;

''Helen Simpson’s Under Capricorn made a decades-long journey from novel to film to TV to DVD. Alfred Hitchcock’s version was a revealing stop-off along the way' 
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