'Ladies in Lavender', stars two stalwarts of British stage and screen, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench. Despite her sister’s concerns, Ursula falls in love with Andrea. Ladies in Lavender is set in picturesque coastal Cornwall, in a tight-knit fishing village in 1936. Add Massenet's 'Meditation from Thais', Debussy's 'The Girl with Flaxen Hair' and Paganini's variations on 'The Carnival of Venice' and you have over 55 minutes of sublime music to remind you of the excellent 'Ladies in Lavender' film starring the wonderful Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of the sisters and the community in which they live. Olga tells her brother of Andrea's talent, and he asks to meet Andrea in London. A gifted young Polish violinist from Kraków, Andrea is sailing to America when he is swept overboard from his ship in a storm. Andrea, realizing that Ursula has feelings for him, apologizes for getting angry and they reconcile. Although Andrea cares deeply for the sisters, he knows this is his chance to start a career, and he leaves with Olga without saying goodbye.
Andrea later sends them a letter, along with a portrait of himself painted by Olga, thanking them for saving his life. When Andrea meets with Olga to discuss the letter from her brother, she tells him that they must leave on a train immediately because her brother is only in London for 24 hours.
Filming took place in September and October 2003. "Ladies in Lavender" assembles those two great Dames, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and sends them off to play sisters sharing a cozy little cottage on the Cornwall coast. As time progresses, Olga and Andrea grow closer, and one day Andrea angrily confronts the sisters about the letter. The play was commissioned by Daniel Schumann and produced by him together with Lee Dean in association with Charles Diamond and the The original production was directed by[Robin Lefevre and designed by Liz Ascroft, with sound by Set in Cornwall in the mid-1930s, the play tells of two ageing spinster sisters, Ursula and Janet Widdington. Thinking she'll never see him again, Ursula is heartbroken and Janet consoles her as best as she can. Olga writes a letter to the sisters, telling them who she is and that she would like to introduce her brother to Andrea. The sisters travel to London to attend Andrea's first public performance in Britain, while the rest of the village listens in on the wireless. Read more.
It leads to a journey of discovery for her and a poignant ending. They nurse him back to health and discover that he is Polish. Exteriors were filmed in Prior to its release in the UK, the film screened at the Both Judi Dench and Maggie Smith were nominated for The violin music played by Andrea, including compositions by Instead of giving him the letter, understanding her sister has feelings for Andrea, Janet burns it. It was adapted from Charles Dance’s screenplay for his 2004 film Ladies in Lavender, which was itself based on a 1908 short story by William J. Locke.
It is perhaps because you spend so much time laughing that it makes its inevitable ending so poignant..." Two aging spinster sisters have their peaceable Cornwall existence disrupted in 1936 when they take a young Polish violinist into their care. They nurse him back to health and discover he is a talented Polish violinist, on his way to seek a career in the USA.
Ladies in Lavender won five Broadway World UK Awards 2012, including Best Regional Play, Best Director (Robin Lefevre), Best Leading Actress (Hayley Mills), Best Featured Actress (Belinda Lang) and Best Featured Actor (Robert Rees). Ladies in Lavender. Their lives are turned upside down when they discover a young man washed ashore on the beach, close to death. Description Based on the hit film screenplay by Charles Dance starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and on the original short story by William J. Locke, Ladies In Lavender tells the tale of two sisters Ursula and Janet who live in a close-knit fishing village in picturesque Cornwall, in 1936. When the Widdington sisters, Janet and Ursula, discover the handsome stranger washed up on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. What they do there is a disappointment. Holidaying artist Olga Danilof, the sister of famed violinist Boris Danilof, becomes interested in Andrea after hearing him play the violin.
Ladies in Lavender is a stage play in two acts by Shaun McKenna. One morning following a violent storm, the sisters spot from their garden a nearly-drowned man lying on the beach.
Storyline. Taking place in pre-World War II England, aging sisters Ursula (Dame Judi Dench) and Janet (Dame Maggie Smith) live peacefully in their cottage on the shore of Cornwall. That is an inspiration. The sisters, worried that something has happened to him, call a friend of Andrea's who tells them he saw Andrea and Olga getting on a train. They play sisters, Janet and Ursula, who live in a house on the cliffs in Cornwall.