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Honour, Profit and Pleasure

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Honour, Profit and Pleasure
GenrePeriod drama
Written byAnna Ambrose
Peter Luke
Directed byAnna Ambrose
StarringSimon Callow
ComposerNicholas Kraemer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersAnn Skinner
Michael Whyte
CinematographyPeter MacDonald
EditorGeorge Akers
Running time102 minutes
Production companySpectre Films
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
ReleaseJune 1985 (1985-06)

Honour, Profit and Pleasure is a 1985 British television film directed by Anna Ambrose and starring Simon Callow as George Frideric Handel, with an ensemble cast portraying a variety of other roles. It was broadcast to celebrate three hundredth anniversary of the year of the composer's birth in 1685. The film focuses on Handel's career in early Georgian London.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Tibbetts p.337

Bibliography

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  • Murphy, Robert. Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
  • Tibbetts, John C. Composers in the Movies: Studies in Musical Biography. Yale University Press, 2008.
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