The Servant

by Amy Sargeant

Amy Sargeant's compelling and meticulous study of Joseph Losey's The Servant (1963) sets the film in the context of a long tradition of fictional depictions of the master-servant relationship, from Shakespeare to Cervantes, Henry James, Dorothy L. Sayers and P.G. Wodehouse. Sargeant points out that while many of these relationships are played for comic effect, that of the 'young master' Tony (James Fox) and his manservant Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) unfolds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839021675
• ISBN13: 9781839021671
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.4"