The actors and actresses of period dramas bring to life our favorite characters from literature. If you watch many period dramas you'll notice that many of the same actors and actresses show up in popular period films and costume drama miniseries.
This week we have a special treat - two Degrees of Separation Puzzles put together by my sister Bea! Each puzzle features some fairly well-known actors and period dramas. One puzzle starts and ends with talented Dickensian actor Timothy Spall while the other puzzle starts and ends with brilliant young actress Lucy Boynton.
How to play: Follow the degrees of separation and name the actors whose names are left blank below. Try to guess their names without looking up the info but if you get stuck you might want to use IMDb.com to help. Leave a comment with your guesses. I'll respond with your score. Feel free to guess as many times as you'd like.
For Extra Points: Fill in all of the (as ?) spaces by naming the characters the actors play in each period drama (two characters for each actor). There's also two Bonus Questions to answer below for extra points.
Scoring: Two points for each actor's full name that you guess correctly (24 points). 1 extra point for each of their character names you guess correctly (28 points). Bonus Question answer is worth 5 points. A high score of 67 points is possible.
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| Timothy Spall |
Degrees of Separation Puzzle #1:
Actor Timothy Spall was in The King's Speech (as ?)
with ________ ____ (as ?) who was in Pride & Prejudice (1995) (as ?)
with _____ _______ (as ?) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as ?)
with _____ _______ (as ?) who was in Sense & Sensibility (2008) (as ?)
with ___ _______ (as ?) who was in Downton Abbey (as ?)
with ____ __________ (as ?) who was in Daniel Deronda (as ?)
with ______ _____ (as ?) who was in Nicholas Nickleby (2002) (as ?)
with Timothy Spall (as ?)!
Bonus Question 1: Can you name two other Charles Dickens adaptations Timothy Spall has starred in?
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| Lucy Boynton |
Actress Lucy Boynton was in Ballet Shoes (as ?)
with ______ ___ (as ?) who was in David Copperfield (1999) (as?)
with _____ _____ (as ?) who was in Great Expectations (2011) (as ?)
with _______ ________ (as ?) who was in Bleak House (as ?)
with _____ ________ (as ?) who was in Pride & Prejudice (2005) (as ?)
with _____ _____ (as ?) who was in Cranford (as ?)
with _______ _____ (as ?) who was in Miss Potter (as ?)
with Lucy Boynton (as ?) !
Bonus Question 2: Can you name one other period drama Lucy Boynton has starred in?
Have fun guessing! :-)
I'm going to do my best without IMDb here...
ReplyDeleteTimothy Spall was in The King's Speech as... I don't know... with Jennifer Ehle (as Mrs. Logue) who was in P&P95 (as Elizabeth Bennet) with Julia Sawalha (as Lydia Bennet) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as Dorcas Lane) with Claire Skinner (as Mrs. Macey) who was in S&S08 (as Fanny Dashwood) with Dan Stevens (as Edward Ferrars) who was in Downton Abbey (as Matthew Crawley) with Hugh Bonneville (as... er... Lord Crawley?...) who was in Daniel Deronda (as Lord Grandcourt) with Romola Garai (as Gwendolen Harleth) who was in Nicholas Nickleby (as Kate Nickleby) with Timothy Spall as one of the Cheeryble brothers (no idea which one, though...).
Puzzle the second...
Lucy Boynton was in Ballet Shoes (as Posy Fossil) with ? as ? who was in David Copperfield as ? who was in Great Expectations as ? with Gillian Anderson (as Miss Havisham) who was in Bleak House (as Lady Dedlock) with Carey Mulligan (as Ada Clare) who was in P&P05 (as Kitty Bennet) with Judi Dench (as Lady Catherine) who was in Cranford (as Miss Matty) with Barbara Flynn (as Mrs. Jamieson) who was in Miss Potter (as Helen Potter) with Lucy Boynton as Young Beatrix!
Okay, here goes... I think I'll just copy and paste the layout from the post so I won't forget things...
ReplyDeletector Timothy Spall was in The King's Speech (as Winston Churchill)
with {could be either Colin Firth or Jennifer Ehle} (as King George VI or Myrtle Logue) who was in Pride & Prejudice (1995) (as {Mr. Darcy or Elizabeth})
with Julia Sawalha (as Lydia Bennet) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as Dorcas Lane)
with Linda Bassett (as Queenie Turril?) who was in Sense & Sensibility (2008) (as Mrs. Jennings?)
with Dan Stevens (as Edward Ferrars) who was in Downton Abbey (as Matthew Crawley)
with Hugh Bonneville (as Robert Crawley) who was in Daniel Deronda (as Creepy Dude--er, I mean Mr. Grandcourt)
with Edward Fox (as Sir Hugo Mallinger) who was in Nicholas Nickleby (2002) (as Another Creepy Dude--um, Sir Mulberry Hawk)
with Timothy Spall (as Charles Cheeryble)!
I did get stuck pretty fast on this one and had to use IMDb with a lot of the names! I'm going to try the other later... oh, but the bonus question. Um, let's see... well, one was Nicholas Nickleby... oh! and Our Mutual Friend. ;)
Actor Timothy Spall was in The King's Speech (as Winston Churchill)
ReplyDeletewith Colin Firth (as King George VI) OR Jennifer Ehle (as Myrtle Logue) who was in Pride & Prejudice (1995) (as Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, respectively)
with Julia Sawalha (as Lydia Bennet) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as Dorcas Lane)
with Linda Bassett (as Queenie Terrell) who was in Sense & Sensibility (2008) (as Mrs. Jennings)
with Dan Stevens (as Edward Ferrars) who was in Downton Abbey (as Matthew Crawley)
with Hugh Bonneville (as Robert Crawley) who was in Daniel Deronda (as Grandcourt *shudders*)
with Romola Garai (as Gwendolen Harleth/Grandcourt) who was in Nicholas Nickleby (2002) (as Kate Nickleby)
with Timothy Spall (as Charles Cheeryble)!
Two other Dickens adaptations he's been in are Oliver Twist and Our Mutual Friend.
Phew! That was fun....now for the second one!
*Queenie Turrill (had to look up the spelling!)
ReplyDeleteHello Miss Lauries!
ReplyDeleteI'm not so good at these ones, but I tried to do most of it from memory and only used IMDB to double check names and so on (not so much to look up ones I had no idea about!). Here are my guesses:
Timothy Spall was in The King's Speech with Colin Firth as King George, who was in Pride & Prejudice as Mr Darcy with Julia Sawalha as Lydia Bennet who was in Lark Rise as Miss Lane with Hattie Morahan as Enid Fairley who was in Sense & Sensibility as Elinor Dashwood with Dan Stevens as Edward Ferrars who was in Downton Abbey as Matthew Crawley with Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham who was in Daniel Deronda as Lord Grandcourt with Ramola Garai as Gwendolyn Harleth who was in Nicholas Nickelby as Kate Nickelby with Timothy Spall. Timothy Spall was also in Oliver Twist.
Lucy Boynton was in Ballet Shoes with Emilia Fox who was in David Copperfield as Clara Copperfield with ? who was in Great Expectations with Gillian Anderson as Miss Havisham who was in Bleak House as Lady Dedlock with Carey Mulligan as Ada Clare who was in Pride & Prejudice as Kitty Bennet with Judy Dench as Catherine DeBerg who was in Cranford as Mattie Jenkins with Barbara Flynn as Mrs Jamison who was in Miss Potter as Helen Potter with Lucy Boynton as young Beatrix Potter. Lucy Boynton was also in Sense & Sensibility.
Thanks for another fun game!
~Laura
Okay, I'm back for a second try! :) Well, a try on #2, that is.
ReplyDeleteActress Lucy Boynton was in Ballet Shoes
with Emilia Fox (as Sylvia Brown) who was in David Copperfield (1999) (as Clara Copperfield/Murdstone)
with Harry Lloyd (as Steerforth) who was in Great Expectations (2011) (as Herbert Pocket)
with Gillian Anderson (as Miss Havisham) who was in Bleak House (as Lady Dedlock)
with Carey Mulligan (as Ada Clare) who was in Pride & Prejudice (2005) (as Kitty Bennet)
with Let's say... Claudie Blakeley (as Charlotte Lucas) who was in Cranford (as Martha)
with Eileen Atkins (as Deborah Jenkyns) who was in Miss Potter (as Madame Fidolia)
with Lucy Boynton (as Posy Fossil) !
This time, the things in italic were the only ones I had to look up.
For the bonus question - Sense and Sensibility, as Miss Margaret. :) Thanks for the game! This was fun!
Actor Timothy Spall was in The King's Speech (as Winston Churchill)
ReplyDeletewith Colin Firth (as King George V ‘Bertie’) who was in Pride & Prejudice (1995) (as Mr. Darcy)
with Julia Sawalha (as Lydia Bennet) who was in Lark Rise to Candleford (as Dorcas Lane)
with Hatty Morahan (as Enid Fairly (IMDB)) who was in Sense & Sensibility (2008) (as Elinor Dashwood)
with Dan Stevens (as Edward Ferrars) who was in Downton Abbey (as Matthew Crawley)
with Hugh Bonneville (as Robert Crawley, Lord Grantham) who was in Daniel Deronda (as Mr. Grandcourt)
with Romola Garai (as Gwendolen Harleth) who was in Nicholas Nickleby (2002) (as Kate Nickleby)
with Timothy Spall (as Charles Cheeryble (IMDB))!
Bonus question: Our Mutual Friend and Oliver Twist (don’t know which version exactly)
Actress Lucy Boynton was in Ballet Shoes (as Posy Fossil (IMDB))
with Emilia Fox (as Sylvia Brown (IMDB)) who was in David Copperfield (1999) (as Clara Copperfield)
with Harry Loyd (IMDB) (as Steerforth (IMDB)) who was in Great Expectations (2011) (as Herbert Pocket)
with Gillian Anderson (as Miss Havisham) who was in Bleak House (as Lady Dedlock)
with Carey Mulligan (as Ada Clare) who was in Pride & Prejudice (2005) (as Kitty Bennet)
with Judi Dench (as Catherine de Bourgh) who was in Cranford (as Miss Matty)
with Barbara Flynn (as Mrs. Jamieson) who was in Miss Potter (as Helen Potter (IMDB))
with Lucy Boynton (as young Beatrix Potter) !
Bonus question: Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Thank your sister for this interesting game, it was quite challenging this time! I had to look a few things up at IMDB, I mentioned this in my answers, so you can detract those points.
Sorry all, Bea has been tallying up the scores but I keep forgetting to comment with them!
ReplyDeleteMiss Dashwood,
All of your answers were correct. Your guess for a few of the actors were actually possibilities we hadn't considered but were still very right.
Your score is 43 points.
If you have guesses for the two Bonus Questions feel free to comment again.
Melody,
All of your guesses on Puzzle #1 were correct. The two actors you guessed for The King's Speech/P&P were both correct but we can't give double points. On Bonus Question 1 you guessed one film correctly were asking for another Dickens adaptation besides Nicholas Nickleby that mentioned in the puzzle.
On Puzzle #2 your answers were all correct until you got to the end with the Cranford/Miss Potter actor and the character Lucy Boynton played in Miss Potter (you seem to have gotten Miss Potter confused with Ballet Shoes as you were naming actors and characters from there). Your guess on Bonus Question 2 was correct.
Your score is 56 points!
Mary Beth,
ReplyDeleteAll of your answers for Puzzle #1 were correct as were your answers for Bonus Question 1. Your score is currently 36 points!
Looking forward to your answers for Puzzle #2! :)
Laura,
All of your answers for Puzzle #1 were correct. You also pointed out a S&S 2008/Lark Rise to Candleford actor who we hadn't considered but was absolutely correct! You also named one correct answer for Bonus Question 1 but feel free to name other one if you can.
All of your answers for Puzzle #2 were correct as was your guess for Bonus Question 2.
Your score is 53 points! Thanks for playing! :)
birdienl,
All of your answers for Puzzle #1, Puzzle #2, and Bonus Questions 1 and 2 were correct! Good work!
You've earned the high score of 67 points!
Bea and I are happy that you enjoyed the game! We're not deducting points for things looked up on IMDb just because the game is a bit more difficult this time. Thanks for playing! :)
Whooops! Okay, let's try this again. I don't know what's wrong with me lately. :P
ReplyDeleteOkay, so for bonus question 1--Oliver Twist?
Actress Lucy Boynton was in Ballet Shoes (as ?)
with ______ ___ (as ?) who was in David Copperfield (1999) (as?)
with _____ _____ (as ?) who was in Great Expectations (2011) (as ?)
with _______ ________ (as ?) who was in Bleak House (as ?)
with _____ ________ (as ?) who was in Pride & Prejudice (2005) (as ?)
with _____ _____ (as ?) who was in Cranford (as ?)
with Barbara Flynn (as Mrs. Jamieson) who was in Miss Potter (as Mrs. Potter)
with Lucy Boynton (as Young Beatrix Potter) !
There. Is that bettah?
Melody,
ReplyDeleteYour latest guesses were correct so that you have now gotten all the correct answers. Your score is 67 points.