The Laureate

1h 50min

Drama

Set against the glamorous backdrop of Britain's roaring '20s, The Laureate tells the story of young British War Poet Robert Graves, who is married with four children when he meets and becomes romantically involved with Laura Riding, a writer from America. Defying the conventions of polite society, Riding moves in with Graves and his wife living as a menage a tois. Then with the arrival of strappingly handsome Irish poet Geoffrey Phibbs, the arrangement becomes a menage a quatre. But soon tensions and rivalries become so fraught that Graves is a suspect for attempted murder.

Cast

Tom Hughes

Tom Hughes

Robert Graves
Dianna Agron

Dianna Agron

Laura Riding
Laura Haddock

Laura Haddock

Nancy Nicholson
Fra Fee

Fra Fee

Geoffrey Phibbs
Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge

Amy Graves
Julian Glover

Julian Glover

Alfred Graves
Indica Watson

Indica Watson

Catherine Nicholson
Timothy Renouf

Timothy Renouf

Siegfried Sassoon
Christien Anholt

Christien Anholt

T. S. Eliot
Edwin Thomas

Edwin Thomas

Edmund Blunden

Release date

5th May 2023

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English