Carrington is a 1995 British biographical film written and directed by Christopher Hampton about the life of the English painter Dora Carrington, who was known simply as "Carrington". The screenplay i
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Giles Lytton Strachey was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he established a new form of biography in which psychological insigh
Carrington (film)
…known simply as "Carrington". The screenplay is based on Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography, the 1967–68 two-volume biography of writer and critic Lytton Strachey (1880–1932) by Michael Holroyd. The film, starring Emma Thompson in the title role, focuses on her unusual relationship with the author Lytton Strachey…
A study of Strachey's face and hands by Carrington
Sons and daughters of Sir Richard Strachey and Lady Strachey. Left to right: Marjorie, Dorothy, Lytton, Joan Pernel, Oliver, Dick, Ralph, Philippa, Elinor, James
Strachey photographed by Lady Ottoline Morrell in 1911 or 1912
Dora Carrington, Ralph Partridge, Lytton and Oliver Strachey, and Frances Partridge; snapshot by Ottoline Morrell, 1923