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The tumultuous life of 18th-century composer Handel is chronicled in this dramatic biography. The story begins when the self-exiled German composer adopts England as his new homeland. While there, he and the bishop of the Anglican Church get into a heated argument while they rehearse a choir for the upcoming royal coronation. The fight is over who is the better Englishman, the bishop, a native, or the ex-patriate Handel, who deliberately chose his nationality. The argumentative composer also has
Apr 5, 2005
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Wilfred Lawson
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Elizabeth Allan
Mrs. Cibber -
Malcolm Keen
Lord Chesterfield -
Michael Shepley
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Max Kirby
Frederick Prince of Wal... -
Hay Petrie
Phineas -
Morris Harvey
Heidegger -
A.E. Matthews
Charles Jennens -
Frederick Cooper
Pooley -
Andrew Leigh
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