Barchester Chronicles (1984)  TV  Obadiah Slope

Teleplay by Alan Plater.
Based on two novels by Anthony Trollope:

The Warden, originally published in 1855.
Barchester Towers, originally published in 1857.
They are the first two in a series of novels called The Barset Series.

1.  Discussion of this production:

 Masterpiece Theater:  A Celebration of 25 Years of Outstanding Television,  Terrence O’Flaherty:  KQED Books, 1996.   See pp. 123-127.


2.  Other novels by Anthony Trollope

3.  Criticism/interpretation of Trollope

4.  Biography of Trollope

5.  Plays by Alan Plater

6.  Novels by Alan Plater

7.  Autobiography of Sir Nigel Hawthorne:

 Straight Face:  Hodder and Stoughton General, 2002.
8.  Novels by Joanna Trollope,
    a descendant of Anthony Trollope, who also writes novels about the goings-on in small-town church communities.
    Some feature characters with familiar names.
 

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