Also known as "Jack," Casanova gallivanted around Europe pretending to be whichever profession happened to best suit his needs. It is based off the memoirs of the real Casanova. It also features Rose Byrne, Matt Lucas, Rupert Penry-Jones, Nina Sosanya, Shaun Parkes, and Laura Fraser The series follows the story of eighteenth century traveler, Giacomo Casanova, as he ventures across Europe wooing women and creating romance everywhere he sets foot.
It stars British actors David Tennant and Peter O'Toole.
The series portrays all this and more, beginning with his humble birth as an actor's son.Ĭasanova is a British comedy drama television show. We see this being a large reason for his successful love life. He genuinely listens to women and their life stories. The viewer gets to see Casanova's tactics for romance. He would call upon his improvisational talents whenever they were required. However, as the viewer finds out, Casanova actually had enough hobbies and interests to perform the necessary tasks to masquerade as almost any type of person. His own memoirs ensured his lasting fame and changed the way we think and write about ourselves and about sex.īenedict Cumberbatch ( Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Star Trek Into Darkness) is the reader of this abridged edition, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.Casanova is a British comedy drama television show. He created a stir at the French court of King Louis XV, began intrigues in London that led him to a soaking in the Thames, and sought to meet Catherine the Great at a ball in St Petersburg. The sights and smells of 18th-century Europe are brought keenly to life, as are the colourful incidents of Casanova’s life.Īs a young cleric, he embarked upon a scandalous affair with a married woman, fleeing eventually to Constantinople. In this fascinating biography of the notorious libertine, Ian Kelly draws on documents by Casanova, his friends, and his lovers (male and female) in order to bring fresh insights to the man’s life and world. Benedict Cumberbatch reads Ian Kelly’s biography of one of the most beguiling and controversial individuals of any age.
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