Portrait of a Marriage Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
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TV Episode | 54 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Portrait of a Marriage

Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)

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TV Episode | 54 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Vita and Violet's romance grows which leads to Vita dressing up as a man (an injured soldier on leave from the front) and meeting at hotels and boarding houses in London to continue their romantic tryst. However, Vita continues to have a ...See moreVita and Violet's romance grows which leads to Vita dressing up as a man (an injured soldier on leave from the front) and meeting at hotels and boarding houses in London to continue their romantic tryst. However, Vita continues to have a loving and respectful relationship with Harold, but she doesn't hesitate to spend his money for spontaneous trysts with Violet. And she refuses to lie about her relationship with Violet, or give any false hope to Harold that it is less important to her than her marriage to him. Harold's willingness to accept his wife's love affair with another woman shows him borne of his desire to give her the utmost freedom. In conversations with male friends, Harold admits to jealousy, but chalks the affair up to Vita's inability to separate emotion from sex. He feels some pity for her, as her passionate nature seems to cause her pain, while his ability to detach spares him the same. For Violet, any marriage is a requirement to be avoided for as long as possible, and she doesn't hide this fact from her persistent but naïve suitor, Denys Trefusis, with whom she, more than once, unceremoniously turns him away in favor of Vita. But despite Violet's careless treatment of Trefusis, he truly cares for her. So willing is he to submit to her desires that he even agrees to a completely chaste marriage. Written by Larry B. See less

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Janet McTeer Vita Sackville-West Vita Sackville-West See fewer	Albert Nobbs (2011)
David Haig Harold Nicolson Harold Nicolson See fewer	My Boy Jack (2007)
Cathryn Harrison Violet Keppel Trefusis Violet Keppel Trefusis See fewer	Black Moon (1975)
Peter Birch Denys Trefusis Denys Trefusis See fewer	Poirot (1989)
Diana Fairfax Lady Sackville Lady Sackville See fewer	Love in a Cold Climate (1980)
Mark Tandy Reggie Cooper Reggie Cooper See fewer	The Crown (2016)
Sam Beazley Lord Carnock Lord Carnock See fewer	Johnny English (2003)
Kathleen Byron Lady Carnock Lady Carnock See fewer	Black Narcissus (1947)
Hazel Douglas Landlady Landlady See fewer	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Angus Pope Young Man Young Man See fewer	Strange But True? (1993)
Hugh Kermode Foreign Office Clerk Foreign Office Clerk See fewer	Portrait of a Marriage (1990)
Cathryn Bradshaw Chambermaid Chambermaid See fewer	The Mother (2003)
Nicholas Johnson Desk Clerk Desk Clerk See fewer	Life Goes On (1989)
Jean Pierre Blanchard Maitre d' (as Jean-Pierre Blanchard) Maitre d' (as Jean-Pierre Blanchard) See fewer	Special Squad Shoots on Sight (1976)
Frank Duncan Head Waiter Head Waiter See fewer	Empire of the Sun (1987)
Bill Thomas Porter Porter See fewer	Dead End City (1988)
Judy Elrington Nanny Nanny See fewer	ITV Playhouse (1967)
Chris Walker Ben Nicolson (as Christopher Walker) Ben Nicolson (as Christopher Walker) See fewer	Doctors (2000)
Alexander Pearce Nigel Nicolson Nigel Nicolson See fewer	Portrait of a Marriage (1990)
Yves Aubert Concierge (uncredited) Concierge (uncredited) See fewer	The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Madeline Blakeney Mrs. Staples (uncredited) Mrs. Staples (uncredited) See fewer	The Taming of the Shrew: An Introduction (1971)
Patricia Davidson Lady Miles (uncredited) Lady Miles (uncredited) See fewer	The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
David Griffith Purser (uncredited) Purser (uncredited) See fewer	The Lion in Winter (1968)