Dame Wendy Hiller delivers a delicately nuanced performance in Vita Sackville-West�s classic story of emerging feminist identity in post-Victorian England. "When can one please oneself if not in old age?" asks 85-year-old Lady Slane (Hiller), who frees herself from society�s expectations upon the death of her politically prominent husband. To the shock of her children, who seem more concerned with the disposition of the estate than with their mother�s happiness, the widow retreats to a cottage in the Hampstead countryside to rediscover herself.
click here to see where to watch or .
Ready to Watch Masterpiece Theatre, Season 18, Episode 13?