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Thank you!<div><br></div><div>Your dramatic values are so valid that I was hoping you were the driving force behind the changes. Who would choose to leave such providential work?</div><div> </div><div>I’m currently seeing the first episodes of Sam, Series Three, dealing with George’s death. OK, Ray Smith chose to depart. More fool, him!</div><div><br></div><div>I’m fascinated to see a VERY young Jan Harvey, a decade before she went on to star in Howard’s Way.</div><div><br></div><div>You got the cream of British talent long before their egos and prices became untenable (well, John Nettles appears to be the exception, as there’s always one).</div><div><br></div><div>Godard got many actors long before they became “stars,” and of course he contributed to their resumes.</div><div><br></div><div>Well done! Full marks!!</div><div><br><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Thursday, July 19, 2018, 1:45 PM, john@johnfinch.com wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div dir="ltr">On 19.07.2018 15:25, Scott Filderman via Afamilyatwar-list wrote:<div class="yqt1528109454" id="yqtfd38881"><br clear="none">> Given the enviable amount of authority John Finch developed at<br clear="none">> Granada, I ask the following question:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> When actors depart a series (e.g., Ray Smith or Mona Bruce in Sam or<br clear="none">> Shelagh Delaney in AFAW), is it because the writer (with unusual<br clear="none">> influence, in Mr. Finch’s case) decides it is dramatically<br clear="none">> appropriate OR did the actors decide it was time to move on, and Mr.<br clear="none">> Finch accommodated them. Of course, it’s routinely a combination of<br clear="none">> both. As John’s production families seemed (and I do emphasize<br clear="none">> “seemed”) to be happy campers, I wonder which factor tended to be<br clear="none">> operative—“You go because your usefulness will increase by your<br clear="none">> absence!” or “Damn, Shelagh wants to go be in Star Wars! I need to<br clear="none">> kill her character!”<br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Afamilyatwar-list mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Afamilyatwar-list@baylor.edu" href="mailto:Afamilyatwar-list@baylor.edu">Afamilyatwar-list@baylor.edu</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://mailman.baylor.edu/mailman/listinfo/afamilyatwar-list" target="_blank">https://mailman.baylor.edu/mailman/listinfo/afamilyatwar-list</a></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Varies. Mostly dramatically appropriate. Ray Smith asked to leave as <br clear="none">he was afraid of becoming typecast. We would gladly have kept <br clear="none">him.Shelagh Fraser's departure was dramatically appropriate, as were <br clear="none">most of the departures. There were casting errors, but they were few. <br clear="none"> JF<div class="yqt1528109454" id="yqtfd93518"><br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>
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