S01E02 An Impeccable Elopement
Synopsis
Art critic John Ruskin and his wife Effie travel to Scotland with John Everett Millais, a PRB leader. Millais falls in love with Effie and discovers that the Ruskins' marriage is in fact a sham.
Director
Piers Haggard
Writer
John Hale
Season
1
The Love School - S01E02
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Guest Stars
Ben Kingsley
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Patricia Quinn
Lizzie Siddal
Peter Egan
John Everett Millais
Bernard Lloyd
Holman Hunt
David Collings
John Ruskin
Patrick Troughton
Frederick Stephens
Sheila White
Annie Miller
Anne Kidd
Euphemia 'Effie' Ruskin
David Wood
William Millais
Peter Wickham
Frederick Crawley
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