This post continues on from my list of book suggestions relating to British and American “high society” history from the late 19th century and early 20th century (roughly the 1870s-1930s).
Here are some period drama TV series and big screen films to consider if you’re also going down the historical path that I’ve been on…
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- Historical architecture and design
- Historical fashion, incl Edwardian, Flapper fashion and more
- Historical glamour
Books which have been made into TV series or films:
Note: This is not a complete list as there have been many adaptations, but merely the ones I think you should consider watching if this is your sort of thing. The dates in brackets correlate to the screen adaptation, not the publication of the book.
Oscar Wilde:
- The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (2009)
- An Ideal Husband (1999)
- A Good Woman (based on Lady Windermere’s Fan) (2004)
Frances Hodgson Burnett:
Virginia Woolf:
EM Forster:
- A Passage to India (1984)
- A Room with A View (1985)
- Maurice (1987)
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Where Angels Fear to Tread (1992)
- Howards End (1992)
Henry James:
- The Heiress (based on Washington Square) (1949)
- Washington Square (1997)
- The American (1998)
- The Turn of the Screw (2009)
- The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
- The Wings of the Dove (1997)
- Daisy Miller (1974)
- The Europeans (1979)
- The Bostonians (1984)
- The Golden Bowl (2000)
Edith Wharton:
- The Buccaneers (1995)
- Ethan Frome (1993)
- The Reef aka Passion’s Way (1999)
- The House of Mirth (2000)
- The Age of Innocence (1993)
Evelyn Waugh:
- Brideshead Revisited (1981)
- Brideshead Revisited (2008)
- Bright Young Things (based on Vile Bodies) (2003)
- Scoop (1987)
- A Handful of Dust (1988)
DH Lawrence:
Noël Coward:
F. Scott Fitzgerald:
By other authors:
- A Night to Remember, book by by Walter Lord (1958)
- My Fair Lady (based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw) (1964)
- The Forsyte Saga, book by John Galsworthy (1967)
- Sherlock Holmes, based on the series by Arthur Conan Doyle (1984)
- The Forsyte Saga, book by John Galsworthy (2002)
- The Winslow Boy, play by Terence Rattigan (1999)
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
- The Way We Live Now, based on the Anthony Trollope novel (2001)
Films, TV series and made-for-TV movies:
- The Young Victoria (2009)
- Victoria and Albert (2001)
- Mrs Brown (1997)
- Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
- Young Winston (1972)
- Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
- Nancy Astor (1982)
- Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
- Upstairs, Downstairs (2010)
- Tom & Viv (1994)
- Carrington (1995)
- Berkeley Square (1998)
- Topsy-Turvy (1999)
- The Governess (1998)
- All the King’s Men (1999)
- Gosford Park (2001)
- Chariots of Fire (1981)
- House of Eliott (1991)
- De-Lovely (2004)
- Titanic (1997)
- Titanic (2012)
- The Changeling (2008)
- Boardwalk Empire (2009)
- The King’s Speech (2010)
- Mr Selfridge (2012)
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot
- Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple
You might also like:
And don’t forget to see our posts relating to this and other historical periods:
- TV series: Downton Abbey
- Film and TV series: Pride and Prejudice
- LUSCIOUS POLL: Which Mr Darcy is your favourite?
- Film and TV series: Brideshead Revisited
- Film: A Room with a View
- Know your fashion history: Vintage Vogue magazine covers: early covers through to the 1950s
- Luscious list: Epicureans, socialites, hosts, philanthropists, and entertainers
Cheers, Natasha
www.myLusciousLife.com
Related posts:
RECOMMENDED READING: Fortune, frocks, fops and flops – a look at some British and American social history
A Room with A View by EM Forster, the classic Merchant-Ivory period drama film, and the 2006 TV adaptation
Historical style: Summary of our posts relating to The Great Gatsby and the 1920s
Luscious at the movies: The Great Gatsby film and TV adaptations
