
Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and her largely unrequited infatuations with American publishing tycoon's wife Ellen Doubleday and the actress Gertrude Lawrence.

Geraldine Somerville

Elizabeth McGovern

Janet McTeer
Natalie Best
Felicity Montagu

Andrew Havill

Christopher Malcolm

Malcolm Sinclair