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Nov 28, 1993 · Harnessing Peacocks: Directed by James Cellan Jones. With Serena Scott Thomas, Peter Davison, John Mills, Nicholas Le Prevost. The beautiful Hebe Rutter has been cast out by her family after a teenage pregnancy to a masked stranger during a fiesta in Italy.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- James Cellan Jones
- 1993-11-28
Harnessing Peacocks is the third novel by Mary Wesley, published in 1985 when the author was 73 years old. In 1992 it was adapted for television . Plot summary. As a baby, Hebe lost her parents in an air crash; her grandparents have brought her up.
- 288
- Mary Wesley
- 1985
- Macmillan
Harnessing Peacocks is a 1993 British television film directed by James Cellan Jones and starring Serena Scott Thomas, Peter Davison and John Mills. It was adapted by Andrew Davies from the 1985 novel Harnessing Peacocks by Mary Wesley.
- Richard Holmes
- Friday Productions for Meridian Broadcasting
Jan 1, 1985 · 1,320 ratings93 reviews. Living happily alone in a seaside town in Cornwall, lovely Hebe supports her son at an expensive boarding school by cooking and discreetly making love for profit, until the unexpected happens. Genres FictionBritish LiteratureRomance20th CenturyModern Literary Fiction Contemporary. ...more.
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- Mary Wesley
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Summaries. The beautiful Hebe Rutter has been cast out by her family after a teenage pregnancy to a masked stranger during a fiesta in Italy. She makes ends meet and pays for her son's school fees by cooking for old ladies and sleeping with a small syndicate of adoring men (the "peacocks" of the title, from Greek mythology).
Harnessing Peacocks. An illegitimate pregnancy drives a woman (Serena Scott Thomas) from her family to England where she works to support her son.
- Drama
