Comrade Ackland and I
1936, Dorset. Poet Valentine Ackland and her lover, writer Sylvia Townsend Warner, have just returned from an illicit aid-trip to Spain when a young tourist has an accident nearby.
Drama based on the bizarre true story of poet Valentine Ackland and her partner Sylvia Townsend Warner.
Written by Frances Bingham
1936, Dorset coast. Best-selling writer Sylvia Townsend Warner and her lover, the poet Valentine Ackland, have just returned to their remote country cottage from an illicit aid-trip to civil war Spain. Their rural idyll is interrupted by the sudden arrival of a young tourist who’s had a car accident nearby. Publicity shy Sylvia lurks in the cottage as Valentine offers first aid for him and his car.
SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER.....Joanne Mitchell
VALENTINE ACKLAND.....Helen O'Hara
FRANK MALLORY.....Ashley Margolis
MAJOR FROBISHER.....James Quinn
LANDLADY.....Joan Kempson
ARTHUR.....Lloyd Peters
Directed by Sharon Sephton
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