The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
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The Life and Loves of a She-Devil | |
Author | Fay Weldon |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Novel |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1983 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
ISBN | ISBN |
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil is a 1983 novel by British feminist author Fay Weldon about a woman who, when she finds out she is being betrayed by her husband, goes to great lengths to take revenge on him and his lover.
The novel was filmed twice: in 1986 as a BBC television serial and, less faithfully, by Hollywood in 1989 as She-Devil, starring Roseanne Barr as the "she-devil" and Meryl Streep as her adversary.
1986 mini-series | 1989 movie | |
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length | 4 x 60 mins. | 100 mins. |
screenplay by | Ted Ballantine | Barry Strugatz |
directed by | Philip Saville | Susan Seidelman |
Ruth Patchett | Julie T. Wallace | Roseanne Barr |
Bobbo / Bob | Dennis Waterman | Ed Begley Jr. |
Mary Fisher | Patricia Hodge | Meryl Streep |
Nicola | Caroline Butler | |
Andy | Christopher Mossford |
Paperback editions of the novel were issued in 1993 by Ballantine Books, New York ( ISBN 0-345-32375-0 ) and by Sceptre, London ( ISBN 0-340-58935-3 ).
Preceded by Edge of Darkness |
British Academy Television Awards Best Drama Series or Serial 1987 |
Succeeded by Tutti Frutti |