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*Capturing Mary*
Capturing Mary
Genre	Drama
Created by	Stephen Poliakoff
Written by	Stephen Poliakoff
Directed by	Stephen Poliakoff
Starring	Maggie Smith; David Walliams; Ruth Wilson; Danny Lee Wynter
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Editor	Clare Douglas
Running time	105 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	12 November 2007
Related
	Joe's Palace;

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Capturing Mary is a BBC television drama (co-produced by HBO), written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, starring Dame Maggie Smith, David Walliams, Ruth Wilson and Danny Lee Wynter. It was aired on BBC Two on 12 November 2007. It is linked, by the central character of Joe, to another Poliakoff drama, Joe's Palace, which was first aired on 4 November 2007.

Overview

The drama saw a repeat of Danny Lee Wynter's caretaker character of Joe, who encounters former socialite Mary (played by Maggie Smith in the present and Ruth Wilson in her youth) when she visits the house featured in Joe's Palace. We see flashbacks to her past links with the house. This present-day meeting between Joe and Mary overlaps with the events of Joe's Palace.

Plot

We first meet the character of Mary as an old woman (Maggie Smith) in the present. The "old" Mary, a former journalist and socialite, arrives at the house of Elliot Graham's late father. Joe (Danny Lee Wynter), the caretaker of the house, takes pity on her and invites her in. She begins to recount to Joe the significance of the house to her.

Moving from room to room, she tells Joe of the 1950s high society soirees she was invited to in the house. She recalls how Mr Graham's soirees were attended by the great and the good – the aristocracy, the nouveaux riche, industrialists, newspaper barons, editors, actors and directors. She tells Joe that she has been haunted by the memory of a sinister man named Greville White (David Walliams) whom she met one evening in the house. Greville White turns out to be a social climber whose influence reached into high society. Mary recalls that he was supremely charming but utterly evil. We see Greville and the "young" Mary (Ruth Wilson) in Mr Graham's cellar selecting fine wines for a salad that he has prepared. In the cellar, Greville tells Mary of dark secrets involving members of the British Establishment who are enjoying Mr Graham's soiree in the rooms above them. The secrets involve child abuse, sexual perversion, anti-semitism and racism amongst the great and the good.

He feigns friendship with Mary but she rejects him because of his malevolence. Greville retaliates by using his influence over the newspaper proprietors to deny her work in Britain. The audience encounters subsequent meetings between the two in the 1950s and 1960s at Mr Graham's soirees and other social events. We see the sinister destruction of Mary's life as she becomes preoccupied by Greville's influence on her and her slide into despair and alcoholism. The end of the drama sees Greville re-appear in Kensington Gardens in the present. Mary is now an old woman but the sinister Greville has not aged since they first met in the 1950s.

Cast

Maggie Smith as Mary Gilbert
David Walliams as Greville White
Ruth Wilson as Young Mary Gilbert
Danny Lee Wynter as Joe
Gemma Arterton as Liza
Michael Byers as Zach

Production

Casting

The programme also starred David Walliams as the character Greville White. Gemma Arterton, still in drama school at the time, played her first professional acting role as Greville White's young date, Liza. ^[1]

References

^ "Gemma Arterton profile". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

External links

[1] "Gemma Arterton profile". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2018-08-16.

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+'''''Capturing Mary''''' is a [[BBC television drama]] (co-produced by [[HBO]]), written and directed by [[Stephen Poliakoff]], starring Dame [[Maggie Smith]], [[David Walliams]], [[Ruth Wilson]] and [[Danny Lee Wynter]]. It was aired on [[BBC Two]] on 12 November 2007.  It is linked, by the central character of Joe, to another Poliakoff drama, ''[[Joe's Palace]]'', which was first aired on 4 November 2007.
 ==Overview==
-The drama saw a repeat of [[Danny Lee Wynter]]'s caretaker character of '''Joe,''' who encounters former socialite '''Mary''' (played by [[Dame Maggie Smith]] in the present and [[Ruth Wilson (actress)|Ruth Wilson]] in her youth) when she visits the house featured in ''[[Joe's Palace]]''. We see flashbacks to her past links with the house. This present-day meeting between Joe and Mary overlaps with the events of ''[[Joe's Palace]]''.
+The drama saw a repeat of [[Danny Lee Wynter]]'s caretaker character of Joe, who encounters former socialite Mary (played by [[Dame Maggie Smith|Maggie Smith]] in the present and [[Ruth Wilson (actress)|Ruth Wilson]] in her youth) when she visits the house featured in ''[[Joe's Palace]]''. We see flashbacks to her past links with the house. This present-day meeting between Joe and Mary overlaps with the events of ''[[Joe's Palace]]''.
-The programme also starred [[David Walliams]] as the character Greville White and [[Gemma Arterton]] as Greville White's young date, Liza.
 == Plot ==
-We first meet the character of Mary as an old woman (Dame Maggie Smith) in the present. The "old" Mary, a former journalist and socialite, arrives at the house of Elliot Graham’s late father. Joe, the caretaker of the house, takes pity on her and invites her in. She begins to recount to Joe the significance of the house to her.
+We first meet the character of Mary as an old woman (Maggie Smith) in the present. The "old" Mary, a former journalist and socialite, arrives at the house of Elliot Graham's late father. Joe (Danny Lee Wynter), the caretaker of the house, takes pity on her and invites her in. She begins to recount to Joe the significance of the house to her.
+Moving from room to room, she tells Joe of the 1950s high society soirees she was invited to in the house. She recalls how Mr Graham's soirees were attended by the great and the good – the aristocracy, the nouveaux riche, industrialists, newspaper barons, editors, actors and directors. She tells Joe that she has been haunted by the memory of a sinister man named Greville White (David Walliams) whom she met one evening in the house. Greville White turns out to be a social climber whose influence reached into high society. Mary recalls that he was supremely charming but utterly evil. We see Greville and the "young" Mary (Ruth Wilson) in Mr Graham's cellar selecting fine wines for a salad that he has prepared. In the cellar, Greville tells Mary of dark secrets involving members of the British Establishment who are enjoying Mr Graham's soiree in the rooms above them. The secrets involve child abuse, sexual perversion, anti-semitism and racism amongst the great and the good.
+He feigns friendship with Mary but she rejects him because of his malevolence. Greville retaliates by using his influence over the newspaper proprietors to deny her work in Britain.  The audience encounters subsequent meetings between the two in the 1950s and 1960s at Mr Graham's soirees and other social events. We see the sinister destruction of Mary's life as she becomes preoccupied by Greville's influence on her and her slide into despair and alcoholism. The end of the drama sees Greville re-appear in [[Kensington Gardens]] in the present. Mary is now an old woman but the sinister Greville has not aged since they first met in the 1950s.
+==Cast==
-Moving from room to room, she tells Joe of the 1920s high society soirees she was invited to in the house. She recalls how Mr Graham’s soirees were attended by the great and the good – the aristocracy, the nouveaux riche, industrialists, newspaper barons, editors, actors, directors, and so forth. She tells Joe that she has been haunted by the memory of a sinister man named Greville White whom she met one evening in the house. Greville White turns out to be a social climber whose influence reached into high society. Mary recalls that he was supremely charming, but utterly evil. We see Greville and the "young" Mary (Ruth Wilson) in Mr Graham’s cellar selecting fine wines for a salad that he has prepared. In the cellar, Greville tells Mary of dark secrets involving members of the British Establishment who are enjoying Mr Graham’s soiree in the rooms above them. The secrets involve child abuse, sexual perversion, anti-semitism, and racism amongst the great and the good.
+* [[Maggie Smith]] as Mary Gilbert
+* [[David Walliams]] as Greville White
+* [[Ruth Wilson]] as Young Mary Gilbert
+* [[Danny Lee Wynter]] as Joe
+* [[Gemma Arterton]] as Liza
+* [[Michael Byers (actor)|Michael Byers]] as Zach
+==Production==
-He feigns friendship with Mary, but she rejects him because of his malevolent powers. Greville retaliates by using his influence over the newspaper proprietors to deny her continued work in Britain.  The audience encounters subsequent meetings between the two in the 1950s and 1960s at Mr Graham’s soirees and other social events. We see the sinister destruction of Mary’s life as she becomes preoccupied by Greville's influence on her and her slide into despair and alcoholism.
+===Casting===
+The programme also starred [[David Walliams]] as the character Greville White. [[Gemma Arterton]], still in drama school at the time, played her first professional acting role as Greville White's young date, Liza.
+<ref>{{cite web |title=Gemma Arterton profile |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/gemma-arterton/biography.html;_ylt=AnxZ.xedSBGRj95smdGstkD3TssF;_ylu=X3oDMTI2ajBnaDlrBG1pdANQZXJzb24gRW50aXR5IEFib3V0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNNZWRpYUVudGl0eUFib3V0TGlua3NQYWNrYWdlQXNzZW1ibHk-;_ylg=X3oDMTE2Z2ppM3RwBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQD;_ylv=3 |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |accessdate=2018-08-16|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103155740/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/gemma-arterton/biography.html |archivedate=3 January 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>
+==References==
-The end of the drama sees Greville re-appear in [[Kensington Gardens]] in the present. Mary is now an old woman (Dame Maggie Smith) but the sinister Greville has not aged since they first met in the 1950s.
+<references />
 ==External links==
+* {{BBC programme}}
-* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/poliakoff/capturing_mary_feature.shtml ''Capturing Mary''] at the BBC website.
+* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/poliakoff/capturing_mary_feature.shtml ''Capturing Mary''] at the BBC website.
 * {{IMDb title|0899052|Capturing Mary}}
 * [http://www.peterlorrecompanion.com/capturing-mary-an-exegesis.html ''Capturing Mary: An Exegesis'']
 {{Stephen Poliakoff}}
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