The Laureate

The Laureate

110 mins | Drama | Nov. 2, 2021

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.

The Laureate

110 mins | Drama | Nov. 2, 2021

The Laureate
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.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers
Original title The Laureate
Directors William Nunez
Writers William Nunez

Cast

Tom Hughes

as Robert Graves

Dianna Agron

as Laura Riding

Laura Haddock

as Nancy Nicholson

Fra Fee

as Geoffrey Phibbs

Patricia Hodge

as Amy Graves

Julian Glover

as Alfred Graves

Indica Watson

as Catherine Nicholson

Meriel Hinsching

as Elfriede

Timothy Renouf

as Siegfried Sassoon

Christien Anholt

as T. S. Eliot

Edwin Thomas

as Edmund Blunden