Product Details

• Actors: Joan Plowright, Arthur Lowe, Grégoire Aslan, Clive Arrindell, Bryan Marshall
• Directors: Waris Hussein
• Writers: Hugh Whitemore, James Bridie
• Producers: Laurence Olivier, Derek Granger
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• DVD Release Date: June 17, 2003
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000092T6G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,541 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Daphne Laureola" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

IN A SOHO RESTAURANT, DINERS FIND THEIR EVENING DISTURBED BYTHE EXTRAORDINARY LADY PITTS. SHE TALKS ALOUD & SINGS EVENLOUDER, WHILE KNOCKING BACK DOUBLE BRANDIES & HANDING OUT INVITATIONS TO TEA AT THE HOME OF HER HUSBAND SIR JOSEPH. THE IMPACT OF HER APPEARANCE IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS ROMANTIC COMEDY.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars See it for Olivier, June 6, 2004

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This review is from: Daphne Laureola (DVD)

This was among the play-to-TV movies presented by Sir Laurence in the late 1970's. I thought it was pretty good, although Joan Plowright seemed rather stiff. I don't know if it's what the play called for, but I thought she came off rather...stiff. I've seen her in other movies and was surprised. Maybe it's the character or the direction, but watching her Lady Pitts going on and on in a drunken state became boring after a while.

Still, the young actor who plays Ernest is good to watch and Olivier, although in a minor part, steals the show. I don't want to give the plot away, but he very believably fools the audience (well, maybe I'm just gullible) when on the screen.