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The Camomile Lawn is a 1984 novel by Mary Wesley beginning with a family holiday in Cornwall in the last summer of peace before the Second World War. When the family is reunited for a funeral nearly fifty years later, it brings home to them how much the war acted as a catalyst for their emotional liberation. [1]
- Mary Wesley
- United Kingdom
- 1984
- English
The Camomile Lawn is a television adaptation of the 1984 book of the same name by Mary Wesley, produced by Glenn Wilhide and Sophie Belhetchet at ZED Ltd for Channel 4, directed by Peter Hall. It was adapted from Wesley's novel by Ken Taylor and first broadcast in 1992.
- 4 (5 on DVD)
- English
- 1
- 5 March –, 2 April 1992
The Camomile Lawn: With Felicity Kendal, Claire Bloom, Jennifer Ehle, Richard Johnson. In 1939, young Oliver, Calypso, Polly and Walter visit friends and family in Cornwall.
- (911)
- 1992-03-05
- Drama, Romance, War
- 258
Summaries. In 1939, young Oliver, Calypso, Polly and Walter visit friends and family in Cornwall. Spanish Civil War is over and WW2 has begun, so they enjoy their love life while they can. Decades later, they gather again, this time for a funeral. Presents the lives and loves of a family of cousins from 1939 to the present.
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Jun 2, 2006 · The scented camomile lawn at the house by the sea was, for the cousins, the emblem and essence of summer holidays. Some readers may wonder what a camomile lawn is like, even though they drink ...
Jan 1, 2001 · The Camomile Lawn moves from Cornwall to London and back again, over the years, telling the stories of the cousins, their family and their friends, united by shared losses and lovers, by family ties and the absurd conditions imposed by war as their paths cross and recross over the years. Mary Wesley presents an extraordinarily vivid and lively ...
Camomile Lawn, The. 1 9 9 2 (UK) 4 x 120 minute episodes. Adapted from Mary Wesley’s hugely popular semi-autobiographical novel, The Camomile Lawn is set both during World War II and also forty years later at a family funeral. It begins in an idyllic sun-drenched Cornwall during the summer of 1939, and the eponymous lawn acts as a constant ...
