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John Clare: "I Am" (1970)

ALL 02/08/1970 (en) 0 Min
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    02/08/1970
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  • Original title
    John Clare: "I Am"
  • Original language
    en
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Overview

A film biography by David Jones with Freddie Jones as John Clare "I am - yet what I am, none cares or knows" (John Clare) John Clare (1792-1864), farm labourer, had three obsessions: his youthful love for Mary Joyce, the countryside of his native Northamptonshire, and the need to celebrate both in his poetry. Clare cracked under the increasing strain of poverty and neglect, and spent the last 23 years of his life in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum. He imagined himself to be Lord Byron, a bigamist, and a prize-fighter; but the poems of his madness are perhaps the most remarkable he ever wrote. "Clare's asylum foretells our need for an asylum, his deprivation foretells our deprivation" (Geoffrey Grigson) Commentary spoken by Tony Church (from BBC Midlands) (David Jones and Patrick Stewart are members of the Royal Shakespeare Company; Tony Church appears by permission of the Northcott Theatre, Exeter)

  1. David Jones

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Freddie Jones

    John Clare

  2. Gerald Lawson

    Parker, Clare's Father

  3. Elizabeth Croft

    Anne, Clare's Mother

  4. Martin Howells

    Young Clare

  5. Sharon Gurney

    Mary Joyce

  6. Jenny Heslewood

    Patty Clare

  7. Jonathan Dennis

    Marquis of Exeter

  8. Brian Tully

    Taylor, Clare's Publisher

  9. Patrick Stewart

    Cyrus Redding

  10. Patrick Godfrey

    WF Knight

  11. Stanley Lebor

    Shylock

  12. Mary Griffiths

    Schoolteacher

  13. Betty Turner

    Granny Bains

  14. Alan Stuart

    Mr Drury

  15. Philip Garston-Jones

    Mr Newcombe

  16. John Hart Dyke

    Dr Allen

  17. Cameron Miller

    Dr Skrimshire

  18. Penelope Keith

    Agnes Strickland

  19. Tony Church

    Narrator

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John Clare: "I Am" (1970) 0 Min

ALL 02/08/1970 (en)
  • Release 02/08/1970
  • Production
  • Original title John Clare: "I Am"
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

A film biography by David Jones with Freddie Jones as John Clare "I am - yet what I am, none cares or knows" (John Clare) John Clare (1792-1864), farm labourer, had three obsessions: his youthful love for Mary Joyce, the countryside of his native Northamptonshire, and the need to celebrate both in his poetry. Clare cracked under the increasing strain of poverty and neglect, and spent the last 23 years of his life in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum. He imagined himself to be Lord Byron, a bigamist, and a prize-fighter; but the poems of his madness are perhaps the most remarkable he ever wrote. "Clare's asylum foretells our need for an asylum, his deprivation foretells our deprivation" (Geoffrey Grigson) Commentary spoken by Tony Church (from BBC Midlands) (David Jones and Patrick Stewart are members of the Royal Shakespeare Company; Tony Church appears by permission of the Northcott Theatre, Exeter)

  1. David Jones

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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