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The Scarlet Letter( 1979)

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Branded for Adultery - with the scarlet letter!

Overview

The Scarlet Letter is a 1979 miniseries based on the novel of the same name that aired on WGBH from March 3, 1979 to March 24, 1979. The series is four episodes long, 60 minutes each. Part 2 won the 1979 Emmy Award for Outstanding Video Tape Editing for a Limited Series or Special for film editors Ken Denisoff, Janet McFadden, and Tucker Wiard. In 1979, when most literary programs were being produced in the United Kingdom, Boston public television station WGBH decided to produce a homegrown literary classic of its own. The result is this epic version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's enduring novel of Puritan America in search of its soul. Hester Prynne overcomes the stigma of adultery to emerge as the first great heroine in American literature. Hawthorne's themes, the nature of sin, social hypocrisy, and community repression, still reverberate through American society. Meg Foster brings a quiet strength to the role of Hester, the adulteress condemned to wear a scarlet "A" for the rest of her life. As her partner in crime, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, John Heard writhes in private torment most convincingly. Kevin Conway completes this grim triangle as the mysterious, maleficent Roger Chillingworth. The costumes and scenery are simple, so as not to detract from the dialogue as each character grapples with the meaning of sin, forgiveness, and redemption.

    Series Cast

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      Meg Foster

      Hester Prynne

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      John Heard

      Arthur Dimmesdale

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      Kevin Conway

      Roger Chillingworth

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      Josef Sommer

      Nathaniel Hawthorne

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      Penelope Allen

      Mistress Hibbins

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      George Martin

      Mister Wilson

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      Clarence Felder

      Town Beadle

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      Elisa Erali

      Pearl

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      C.K. Alexander

      Governor Bellingham

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      Gretel Cummings

      Goodie Salter

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      Margo Skinner

      Mistress Bellingham

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      Sasha von Scherler

      Goodie Ward

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      Naomi Thornton

      Goodie Cramwell

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      Ted Davis

      William Ingles

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      Daniel von Bargen

      Sailor

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      Jay O. Sanders

      Robert Salter

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      Brenda Currin

      Goodie Ingles

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    Miniseries

    1979 | 4 Episodes

    Miniseries of The Scarlet Letter premiered on Mar 03 1979

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    Facts

    Status

    Ended

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    Type

    Miniseries

    Original Language

    English

    Keywords

    • adultery
    • based on novel or book
    • infidelity
    • massachusetts
    • puritan
    • miniseries
    • 17th century