Maurice (pronounced Morris) is a 1987 British film based on the novel of the same title by E. M. Forster. It is a tale of homosexual love in early 20th century England, following its main character Maurice Hall from his school days through university until he is united with his life partner.

It was produced by Ismail Merchant via Merchant Ivory Productions and Channel Four Films. It was directed by James Ivory and written by Ivory and Kit Hesketh-Harvey. The cinematography was by Pierre Lhomme. In the style of Merchant Ivory's A Room with a View, old book endpapers accompany the theme music played in minor scale at the beginning and in major scale at the end to bracket the film as a cinematographic novel.

The film stars James Wilby as Maurice, Hugh Grant as Clive and Rupert Graves as Alec. The supporting cast included Denholm Elliott as Dr Barry, Simon Callow as Mr Ducie, Billie Whitelaw as Mrs Hall and Ben Kingsley as Lasker-Jones.

Plot[link]

During a trip to a windswept beach, Maurice Hall, an eleven-year-old school boy, receives instructions about the "sacred mysteries" of sex from his teacher, who wants to explain to the fatherless boy the changes he would experience in puberty.

Years later, in 1909, Maurice is attending Cambridge, where he strikes a friendship with two fellow students: the aristocratic Lord Risley and the rich and handsome Clive Durham. Durham falls in love with his friend and surprises Maurice by confessing his feelings. At first Maurice does not react favorably to the revelation. Soon, however, he realizes that he reciprocates his friend's feelings. The two friends embark in a love affair but, at Clive's insistence, their relationship remains platonic. To go further, in Durham's opinion, would diminish them both. Clive, a member of the upper class, has a promising future ahead of him and does not want to tarnish his future. Their close relationship continues after Maurice is expelled from Cambridge, and begins a new career as a stockbroker in London.

The two friends keep their feelings secret, but are frightened when Lord Risley is arrested and sentenced to six months hard labor after soliciting sex from a soldier. Clive, afraid of being exposed as a homosexual, breaks with Maurice. After his return from a trip to Greece, Clive, under pressure from his widowed mother, marries a naive rich girl named Anne, and settles into placid domesticity.

Heartbroken, Maurice looks for help from the family physician, Dr Barry, who dismisses Maurice's doubts as "rubbish". Maurice then turns to Lasker-Jones, who tries to cure his homosexual longings with hypnosis. During his visits to Clive's estate of Pendersleigh, Maurice attracts the attention of Alec Scudder, the under-gamekeeper who is due to emigrate with his family to Argentina. Maurice not only fails to notice Scudder's interest in him, but initially treats him with contempt. This does not discourage Scudder, who spies on Maurice at night. Simcox, the butler at Pendersleigh, suspecting the true nature of Maurice and Clive's past relationship, gave some clues to Scudder. On a rainy night, Scudder boldly climbs a ladder and enters Maurice's bedroom through an open window. Scudder kisses Maurice, who is completely taken by surprise, but does not resist his advances.

After their first night together, Maurice, after receiving a letter from Scudder proposing they meet at Pendersleigh's boathouse, believes that Scudder is blackmailing him. Maurice returns to Lasker-Jones, who warns Maurice that England is a country which "has always been disinclined to accept human nature". When Maurice fails to appear at the boathouse, Scudder travels to London to find him.

Maurice and Scudder meet at the British Museum and the blackmail misunderstanding is resolved. Maurice begins to call Scudder by his first name, Alec. They go to a hotel room. However, their prospects for a long-term relationship seem dim. Alec is leaving for Argentina. Maurice decides to give Alec a sendoff. He is taken aback when he does not find Alec at the port. Maurice goes to Pendersleigh and talks to Clive, telling him about Alec. Clive, who was hoping that Maurice would marry, is bewildered after hearing what has transpired. The two friends depart and Maurice goes to the boathouse looking for Alec, who is there waiting for him. Scudder tells him that he sent a telegram to Maurice stating that he was to come to the boathouse. Alec has left his family, and his plans to emigrate, to stay with Maurice, telling him, "Now we shan't never be parted."

Cast[link]

Production[link]

Background[link]

E. M. Forster wrote Maurice from 1913 onwards. He did not intend to publish it while his mother was alive. He showed the manuscript to selected friends, such as Christopher Isherwood. Forster resisted publication during his lifetime because of public and legal attitudes to homosexuality — a note found on the manuscript read: "Publishable, but worth it?" The novel was only published in 1971 after Forster's death. It was written as a traditional bildungsroman, or novel of education. Forster, takes on a subject the problem of coming of age as a homosexual in a restrictive society. He was keen that his novel should have a happy ending. It is considered to be a minor work, in comparison with his novels Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924).

James Ivory was interested in making a screen adaptation after the critical and box office success achieved with another of E. M. Forster novels, A Room with a View. While involved in this earlier project Ivory had read all of Forster's books, and eventually came to Maurice.^[1] "I thought," Ivory said, "that it was interesting material and would be enjoyable to make – and also something we could make in that it wouldn't require too much organization and wouldn't cost all that much."^[1] The situation it explores seemed to him to be still relevant: "People's turmoil and having to decide for themselves how they want to live and what their true feelings are and whether they're going to live honestly with them or deny them. That's no different. Nothing's any easier, for young people. I felt it was quite relevant."^[1]

After E. M. Forster's death, the self-governing board of fellows of King's College at Cambridge inherited the rights to his books.^[2] They were initially reluctant to give permission to film Maurice.^[3] Not because of the subject matter of the novel but because it was held to be an inferior work.^[3] A film that called great attention to it would not do any good to his reputation.^[3] Ismail Merchant, the producer of the film, conferred with them and he was very persuasive. They were favourably impressed with Merchant Ivory Productions adaptation of A Room with a View and relented in the end.^[2][4]

Writing[link]

After purchasing the rights to the novel, the next step was a screenplay. Ivory's usual witting partner, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, was unavailable because she was busy writing her novel Three Continents. Ivory wrote the screenplay with Kit Hesketh-Harvey, who had become connected with Merchant Ivory productions since his sister, journalist and author Sarah Sands (born Sarah Harvey), was the then wife of Julian Sands, the leading man in A Room with a View. Kit Hesketh-Harvey, had previously written documentaries for the BBC.^[2] He had gone to the Tonbridge School and Cambridge, where Forster was educated, and knew the background. Jhabvala was shown the script, however, and made suggestions for changes.^[5] On her advice Clive Durhams's unconvincing conversion to heterosexuality during a trip to Greece was justified by creating an episode in which Clive's university friend Risley is arrested and imprisoned after a homosexual entrapment – enough to frighten Clive ultimately into marrying.^[5]

Casting[link]

Julian Sands, who had played the male lead in Merchant's Ivory previous film A Room with a View, was originally cast for the title role.^[5] He had separated from his wife leaving her and their son back in England to move to New York. Sands backed out at the last minute. John Malkovich was due to take the role of Lasker-Jones. He had become a friend of Julian Sands after making together The Killing Fields. When Sands left the project however Malkovich lost interest in the film and was replaced by Ben Kingsley.^[6]

James Wilby had auditioned for the role of Clive Durham's brother-in-law. When Sands left the project, Ivory considered two unknown actors for the role of Maurice: James Wilby and Julian Wadham.^[6] Since he had already cast the dark haired Hugh Grant as Clive, Ivory decided on the blond James Wilby over the dark-haired Julian Wadham, who was given the role as one of Maurice's stockbroker friends.^[6] Hugh Grant, who later found international stardom with Four Weddings and a Funeral, had appeared only in one previous film, Privileged. He was doing review comedy at the time and had lost interest in professional acting when Celestia Fox, the casting director, sent Grant to Ivory who immediately gave him the role of Clive.^[7] It helped that Grant and Wilby had worked together in Grant's only previous film made at Oxford. Rupert Graves was cast as Alec Scudder, Maurice's working-class lover. He had appeared as Lucy Honeyhurch's young brother in A Room with a View, a performance with which he was unsatisfied, and so he appreciated the opportunity to deliver a better performance.

The supporting cast included veterans Denholm Elliott as Dr Barry and Simon Callow as the pedagogue Mr Ducie, both from A Room with a View. Ben Kinglsey as Lasker-Jones; Patrick Godfrey as the butler Simcox and Billie Whitelaw as Maurice's mother.

Filming[link]

The film was made on a budget of $2.6 million that included investment by Cinecom and England's Channel 4. Maurice proved more complicated to make than Ivory had anticipated. Its fifty-four day shooting schedule, which involved working six day weeks, proved long and grueling. There was no rehearsal period, only a read-through before shooting began.

Maurice was shot on location largely in the halls and quadrangles of King's College, Cambridge including interiors in the college's chapel, where Forster was educated and later returned as a Fellow. The other interiors were primarily shot at Wilbury Park, a Palladian house in Wiltshire. Its owner, Maria St. Just, an actress and trustee of the estate of Tennessee Williams, was a friend of Merchant and Ivory. In 1979 they had been weekend guests at Wilbury Park, which made an impression on James Ivory, who, when Maurice was being prepared, chose it to be Pendersleigh in the film, the country house where Maurice visits his friend Clive.

Differences in the film[link]

Maurice is 11 at the beginning of the film, rather than 14. The film omits almost all of the novel's philosophical dialogue, and also many subplots, such as Maurice's desire for the schoolboy Dickie (the scenes dealing with this subplot were deleted from the final cut). It expands the Wildean character of Lord Risley and his 6-month imprisonment with hard labour for homosexual conduct (he is not imprisoned in the novel), in order to dramatise the dangers of Edwardian homosexuality, and provide a plot device explaining why Clive feels he must reject Maurice. In one deleted scene released in the 2002 edition, Risley commits suicide, but this was not shown in the film.

While undergoing hypnosis by Dr. Lasker-Jones in an attempt to "cure" himself, Maurice reveals to him that he has slept with Alec Scudder. Lasker-Jones warns Maurice that at one time homosexuals were executed in Britain. In spite of this warning, Lasker-Jones, especially in the film, seems to be the most affirming character. He suggests that Maurice relocate to a country where homosexuality is more tolerated, like France or Italy.

Reception[link]

The film received universal acclaim from film critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 90% of critics gave the film a positive review.^[8] Ken Hanke from Mountain Xpress said it was probably Merchant-Ivory's best film.

The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 1987, where Ivory was awarded a Silver Lion as Best Director, sharing the prize with Ermanno Olmi.^[9] James Wilby and Hugh Grant were jointly awarded Best Actor, and Richard Robbins received the prize for his music.^[10] The film received favourable reviews when it opened in New York City. Maurice received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Costume Design category.

DVD[link]

In 2002 a special edition DVD of the film was released with a new documentary and deleted scenes with director's commentary.

Awards[link]

Venice Film Festival

• 1987 Won, Best Actor for James Wilby & Hugh Grant
• 1987 Won, Silver Lion (Best Director) for James Ivory
• 1987 Won, Golden Osella (Best Music) for Richard Robbins

Academy Awards

• 1988 Nominated, Best Costume Design (Jenny Beavan, John Bright)

See also[link]

	Film portal
	LGBT portal

• List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender-related films by storyline

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Long, Robert Emmet. The Films of Merchant Ivory. Citadel Press. 1993, ISBN 0-8065-1470-1
• Long, Robert Emmet. James Ivory in Conversation. University of California Press, 2005, ISBN 0-520-23415-4.

External links[link]

• Maurice at the Internet Movie Database
• Maurice at AllRovi
• Maurice at Merchant Ivory Productions.

Maurice is a given name used as a name or surname. It originates as a French name derived from the Roman Mauritius and was subsequently used in English speaking countries as well. It is of Latin origin, meaning "dark-skinned, Moorish", and might refer to:

==Given name==

• Maurice (emperor), aka Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539-602), a Byzantine emperor
• Saint Maurice, aka St. Moritz (died 287), Swiss leader and martyr of the third century Roman Theban Legion.
• Maurice (bishop), bishop of London
• Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), German Saxon nobleman
• Maurice of Nassau (1567–1625), Prince of Orange, stadtholder of the Netherlands

First name[link]

• Maurice de Hirsch (1831–96), German philanthropist
• Maurice Merleau-Ponty, (1908–61) French phenomenological philosopher and author of Phenomenology of Perception
• Maurice Bambier, (1925–94), French politician
• Maurice Hinchey, American politician
• Maurice Malpas, Scottish footballer
• Maurice Ravel, (1875–1937), French composer
• Maurice Duruflé, (1902-1986), French composer
• Maurice Richard, French-Canadian hockey player
• Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor
• Maurice Leblanc, French author of Arsene Lupin novels
• Maurice Rozenthal, French ice hockey player
• Maurice Sendak, American writer and illustrator of children's literature

Surname[link]

• Ann Maurice (born 1951), Californian home stager, known as "The House Doctor"
• Emil Maurice (1897–1972), German watchmaker and senior Nazi Party official
• Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872), British author, theologian, and socialist
• Frederick Barton Maurice (1871–1951), soldier and academic
• James Wilkes Maurice (1775–1857), Royal Navy officer
• John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604–1679), Dutch prince, count, and governor of Dutch Brazilian possessions
• John Frederick Maurice (1841–1912), soldier and military writer
• Paul Maurice (born 1967), Canadian professional NHL hockey coach

In fiction[link]

• Maurice (novel), 1913 novel by British author E. M. Forster (published 1971)
• Maurice (film), 1987 British feature film based on the novel by E.M. Forster
• Maurice (Shelley), children's story by Mary Shelley *Maurice, the name of Belle's father in the 1991 Disney film Beauty and the Beast
• "Maurice", a character in the 2005 film Madagascar
• The Amazing Maurice, from The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
• Maurice Moss, a character from the British sitcom The IT Crowd
• "Maurice", Samantha Stevens' warlock father in the sitcom, Bewitched, played by Maurice Evans.

Places[link]

• Maurice, Iowa, small city in the United States
• Maurice, Louisiana, village in the United States
• Maurice River, tributary of the Delaware River in the US state of New Jersey
• L'Île Maurice, the French for Mauritius.

Other[link]

• Maurice Lacroix, Swiss manufacturer of mechanical timepieces, clocks, and watches
• Maurices, retail clothing chain

See also[link]

• Morris (disambiguation)
• Moritz (disambiguation)

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Rupert Graves
Born	(1963-06-30) 30 June 1963 (age 48) Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978-present
Spouse	Susie Lewis (2001-present)
Website
http://www.rupert-graves.com

Rupert Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his role as DI Lestrade in the critically acclaimed television series Sherlock.

Early life[link]

He was born in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England,^[1] to Mary Lousilla (née Roberts) Graves, a travel coordinator, and Richard Harding Graves, a music teacher and musician.^[2]

Education[link]

Graves was educated at Wyvern Community School,^[3] a state comprehensive school in his home town of Weston-super-Mare, which he left at the age of fifteen. The school has since closed and re-opened as the Hans Price Academy.

Career[link]

Graves's first job after leaving school was as a circus clown. He has appeared in over twenty-five films and over thirty-five television productions; he has also appeared on stage. During his career, he has starred alongside actress Helena Bonham Carter four times in A Room with a View, Maurice, Where Angels Fear to Tread and The Revengers' Comedies.

He first came to prominence in costume-drama adaptations of E. M. Forster's novels A Room with a View (1985) and Maurice (1987), before going on to appear in films including A Handful of Dust (1988), Different for Girls (1996) and Intimate Relations (1996).

His role in Intimate Relations won him the Best Actor award at the 1996 Montreal World Film Festival.^[4] He was also acclaimed for his portrayal of Jolyon Forsyte Jr. in the television miniseries The Forsyte Saga (2002).^[5]

Filmography[link]

Theatre work[link]

In addition to his screen work, Graves has also won acclaim for his stage acting, including roles on the American stage in Broadway-theatre productions in New York City, New York, of the plays Closer (2000) and The Elephant Man (2002).

Graves also appeared as Presley Stray in the play The Pitchfork Disney (1991) at the Bush Theatre in London, England and also "A Madhouse in Goa" opposite Vanessa Redgrave.

References[link]

External links[link]

• rupert-graves.com, official website
• Rupert Graves at the Internet Movie Database

Maurice-Alexis Jarre (13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009^[1][2][3]) was a French composer and conductor. His son is the electronic composer Jean Michel Jarre.

Although he composed several concert works, Jarre is best known for his film scores, particularly for his collaborations with film director David Lean. Jarre composed the scores to all of Lean's films since Lawrence of Arabia (1962). Other notable scores include The Train (1964), Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976), Witness (1985) and Ghost (1990).

Jarre was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[4] Three of his compositions spent a total of 42 weeks on the UK singles chart chart; the biggest hit was "Somewhere My Love" (to his tune "Lara's Theme", with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) by the Michael Sammes Singers, which reached Number 14 in 1966 and spent 38 weeks on the chart.

Jarre was a three time Academy Award winner, for Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984), all of which were directed by David Lean. He was Oscar nominated a total of eight times.

Early life[link]

Jarre was born in Lyon, France, in 1924, the son of Gabrielle Renée (née Boullu) and André Jarre, a radio technical director.^[5] He first enrolled in the engineering school at the Sorbonne, but decided to pursue music courses instead. He left the Sorbonne against his father's will and enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris to study composition and harmony and chose percussion as his major instrument.^[3] He became director of the Théâtre National Populaire and recorded his first film score in France in 1951.^[6]

Film scoring[link]

In 1961 Jarre's music career experienced a major change when British film producer Sam Spiegel asked him to write the score for the 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean.^[7] The acclaimed score won Jarre his first Academy Award and he would go on to compose the scores to all of Lean's subsequent films. He followed with The Train (1964) and Grand Prix (1966), the iconic racing film for director John Frankenheimer, and in between had another great success in Doctor Zhivago, which included the lyricless tune "Lara's Theme" (later the tune for the song "Somewhere My Love"), and which earned him his second Oscar. He worked with Alfred Hitchcock on Topaz (1969); though Hitchcock's experiences on the film were unhappy, he was satisfied with Jarre's score, telling him "I have not given you a great film, but you have given me a great score." His score for David Lean's Ryan's Daughter (1970), set in Ireland, completely eschews traditional Irish music styles, owing to Lean's preferences. The song "It was a Good Time," from Ryan's Daughter went on to be recorded by musical stars such as Liza Minnelli who used it in her critically acclaimed television special Liza with a Z as well as by others during the 1970s. He contributed the music for Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969) and John Huston's The Man Who Would Be King (1975).

He was again nominated for an Academy Award for scoring The Message in 1976 for the director and producer Moustapha Akkad. He followed with Witness (1985) and Dead Poets Society (1989), for which he won a British Academy Award.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Jarre turned his hand to science fiction, with scores for The Island at the Top of the World (1974), Enemy Mine (1985) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). The latter is written for full orchestra, augmented by a chorus, four grand pianos, a pipe organ, digeridoo, fujara, a battery of exotic percussion and three ondes Martenot (which feature in several of Jarre's other scores, including Lawrence of Arabia, Jesus of Nazareth, The Bride) and Prancer (1989).

In 1990 Jarre was again nominated for an Academy Award scoring the supernatural love story / thriller Ghost. His music for the final scene of the film is based on "Unchained Melody" composed by fellow film composer Alex North.^[3] Other films for which he provided the music include his passionate love theme from Fatal Attraction (1987), and the moody electronic soundscapes of After Dark, My Sweet (1990). He was well respected by other composers including John Williams, who stated on Jarre's death, "(He) is to be well remembered for his lasting contribution to film music...we all have been enriched by his legacy."^[8]

Jarre's television work includes the score for the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth (1977), directed by Franco Zeffirelli, Shōgun (1980), and the theme for PBS's Great Performances.^[3]

Jarre scored his last film in 2001, a television film about the Holocaust entitled Uprising.^[3]

Music style[link]

Jarre wrote mainly for orchestras, but began to favour synthesized music in the 1980s. Jarre pointed out that his electronic score for Witness was actually more laborious, time-consuming and expensive to produce than an orchestral score. Jarre's electronic scores from the 80s also include Fatal Attraction, The Year of Living Dangerously, Firefox and No Way Out. A number of his scores from that era also feature electronic/acoustic blends, such as Gorillas in the Mist, Dead Poets Society, The Mosquito Coast and Jacob's Ladder.

Awards[link]

Jarre received three Academy Awards and was nominated a total of eight times, all in the category of Best Original Score. He also won three Golden Globes and was nominated for ten.

The American Film Institute ranked Jarre's score for Lawrence of Arabia #3 on their list of the greatest film scores. His scores for the following films were also nominated for the list:

• Doctor Zhivago (1965)
• A Passage to India (1984)
• Ryan's Daughter (1970)

Family[link]

Jarre was married four times, the first three marriages ending in divorce. His marriage to Francette Pejot (in the 1940s, after World War II), produced a son, Jean Michel Jarre, a French composer who is one of the pioneers in electronic music. In 1965, he married French actress Dany Saval. Together they had a daughter, Stephanie Jarre. Jarre next married American actress Laura Devon (1967–1984), resulting in him adopting her son, Kevin Jarre, a screenwriter, with credits on such films as Tombstone and Glory. From 1984 to his death^[9] he was married to Fong F. Khong (1984–2009).

Death[link]

Maurice Jarre died on 28 March 2009 after a battle with cancer.^[10]

Filmography and awards[link]

See also[link]

• In the Tracks of Maurice Jarre, a documentary about Jarre.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Maurice Jarre at the Internet Movie Database
• NYTimes filmography
• Filmography, soundtrack reviews, capsule biography
• Obituary by the Associated Press on Legacy.com
• O'Connor, Patrick (31 March 2009). "Obituary". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/mar/31/maurice-jarre-obituary. 
• Maurice Jarre at Find a Grave

James Jonathon Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English film, television and theatre actor.

Early life and education[link]

He was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father.^[1] He was educated at Sedbergh School in Cumbria, and from there went on to study for a degree in Mathematics at Grey College, University of Durham, and then at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career[link]

Wilby's first appearance on screen was in the Oxford Film Company 1982 production Privileged alongside Hugh Grant. He is known to an international audience for roles in Maurice (1987), for which he received Venice Film Festival's Best Actor award with co-star Hugh Grant. Along with Grant, Wilby has always been best known for his regular inclusion in the Merchant/Ivory film 'family' which also boasts Rupert Graves, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emma Thompson, and Anthony Hopkins among its regulars. He then starred in A Handful of Dust (1988), for which he won the Bari Film Festival Best Actor award. Then came A Tale of Two Cities (1989), Howards End (1992), the critically acclaimed Regeneration (1997 film), Ismail Merchant's Cotton Mary (1999), Gosford Park (2001) and Alain Robbe-Grillet's C'est Gradiva qui vous appelle (2006) co-starring Arielle Dombasle which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

On stage, he starred in the 1995 revival of John Osborne's A Patriot for Me by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre.^[2] He then appeared in a production of 'Helping Harry' at the Jermyn Street Theatre in 2001; as well, in 2004, he appeared as the title character in a run of 'Don Juan' at the Lyric Theatre. Other, more recent theatre productions James has starred in include a tour of 'Less Than Kind' (2012) by Terence Rattigan, 'On Emotion'(2008) at the Soho Theatre, and 'The Consultant' (2011) by Neil Fleming and the Hydrocracker Theatre Company at Theatre 503 in London.

Filmography and television work[link]

Personal life[link]

He is married to Shana Louise and has four children: Barnaby John Loxley, Florence Hannah Mary, Nathaniel Jerome and Jesse Jack. One of his many hobbies includes yachting ^[3]. He is also an experienced and well-read wine connoisseur ^[4].

See also[link]

	Biography portal
	Film portal
	Television portal
	Theatre portal

• List of British actors and actresses
• List of Durham University people
• List of RADA alumni

References[link]

External links[link]

• James Wilby at the Internet Movie Database
• Unofficial James Wilby Online (fan forum)
• The James Wilby Page
• New York Times biography
• Hollywood.com biography

Interviews[link]

• From The Guardian (2002)
• From The Telegraph (2004)
• From The Telegraph (2005)