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    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    2012 · Historical drama · 1 season

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  2. It is 1842 and local choirmaster John Jasper hides a dark secret that plagues his dreams. Jasper is obsessed with the beautiful Rosa, who is engaged to his beloved orphan nephew Edwin Drood.

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  3. The Mystery of Edwin Drood: With Matthew Rhys, Freddie Fox, Tamzin Merchant, Rory Kinnear. An exploration of Charles Dicken's unfinished work in which the mystery of the murder of Edwin Drood is examined.

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    • 46 sec
    • Matthew Rhys, Freddie Fox, Tamzin Merchant
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  4. Plot. The film begins with John Jasper, choirmaster of Cloisterham Cathedral, in an opium den, hallucinating about strangling his nephew, Edwin Drood, in full view of his fiancée, Rosa Bud. Edwin Drood later visits Cloisterham, initially to see Rosa, before going off to his uncle's house. His arrival at the Nuns' House, the boarding school ...

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  6. Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) released by Universal Pictures and directed by Stuart Walker, starring Claude Rains as Jasper, Douglass Montgomery as Neville, Heather Angel as Rosa, Valerie Hobson as Helena, and David Manners as Drood.

    • Fildes, Luke, Sir, Charles Dickens
    • Serialized and book form 1870
  7. Apr 16, 2012 · Set in the mythical town of Cloisterham, John Jasper (Matthew Rhys) is a choirmaster that detests his job. To escape, he frequents opium dens in London to fantasize about murdering his dissipated young nephew Edwin Drood (Freddie Fox) and then marry his nephew’s fiance, the beautiful Rosa Bud (Tamzin Merchant) who he is obsessed with.

  8. Apr 14, 2012 · "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (120 minutes) premieres on PBS "Masterpiece Classic" at 9 p.m. Sunday, April 15th (check local listings). The film can also be watched online for a limited time beginning April 16th. It is also available on DVD.

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