The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.

The Forsyte family is shown in Victorian respectability as they gather to meet June's fiance, the architect Philip Bosinney. Some years before her father Jolyon has scandalised the family by making her nanny his mistress. Jolyon's cousin Soames, an up and coming solicitor, has recently married the beautiful Irene and retains Bosinney to build a new home - "Robin Hill". Move ahead to the next generation. It's the 1920s. Soames's daughter Fleur (by the woman he marries after Irene leaves him) is madly in love with Jon,the son of Jolyon and his third wife Irene. Will Fleur find happiness as the wife of a well-connected publisher?

约翰国王竭尽全力要坐稳英格兰王位，使其成为教皇、法国及其侄子的敌人。

Maria, a wealthy widow, invites her long-time dinner companion Richard to spend a month at her house in Scotland. If she still likes him after a month together, they will marry. Their mutual friends, George, Duke of Bristol, and his companion, Helen decide to make it a foursome. The humor in this drawing room comedy contrasts the vain, self-centered Maria and George with their gentle and sophisticated partners. Written by <mismith@brody.med.ecu.edu>