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Gentleman Jack (series) (2019)
Release Year: 2019
Nation: United Kingdom
Alternative Title: N/A
Director: Amanda Brotchie, Edward Hall, Fergus O'Brien, Jennifer Perrott, Sally Wainwright, Sarah Harding
Writer: Anne Lister, Jill Liddington, Sally Wainwright
Production & Genre
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Companies: Lookout Point
Genre: Biography, Drama, Historical Fiction, History, Lgbt-Related Television Series
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Keywords
Keywords: amused, assertive, based on true story, biting, brisk, dramatic, hilarious, lgbt, north of england, period drama, woman director
Story
Gentleman Jack follows Anne Lister, an assertive and ambitious woman in early 19th century Halifax, West Yorkshire. She aims to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall, and importantly for the time period, plans to secure its future by taking a wife, defying societal norms around marriage and sexuality.
Summary
Gentleman Jack is a British television series set in early 19th century Halifax, West Yorkshire. Based on true events, it dramatizes the life of Anne Lister, a voracious learner known for her cryptic diaries, which detail her lesbian relationships during a time when such intimacy was taboo and illegal. Directed by Amanda Brotchie, Edward Hall, Fergus O'Brien, Jennifer Perrott, Sally Wainwright, and Sarah Harding, this period drama offers a brisk and biting exploration of Lister's experiences as a woman pushing against societal norms in the north of England.
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