Portrait of a Marriage

The controversial classic returns! Rarely seen since its original presentation on Masterpiece Theatre in the early 1990s, this landmark drama brings to life Nigel Nicolson?s extraordinary biography of his parents, writer Vita Sackville-West and diplomat Harold Nicolson. Based on Vita?s journal and various letters, the riveting story captures the tempestuous love affair between Vita (Janet McTeer, Tumbleweeds, Carrington) and her childhood friend Violet Keppel (Cathryn Harrison, Clarissa, Thin Ice). Somehow, despite this forbidden relationship, Vita and Harold?s love endures and deepens. Recommended for mature audiences.

BAFTA Awards:
Best Costume Design 1991
Best Film Editor 1991
Best Design 1991

You can stroll through Vita and Harold?s beautiful garden at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, where Portrait of a Marriage was filmed. Now a National Trust property, it?s open to the public from mid March through October.