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Three Roads to Rome
The Rest Cure
30 December 1963, ITV
Role: Tonino

Three Roads to Rome was trilogy of short romantic dramas set in Italy. It was written by Tad Mosel, a prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for TV and theater. For this production, he adapted three stories:

• Venus Ascendant, by Martha Gellhorn.

• Roman Fever, by Edith Wharton.

• The Rest Cure, by Aldous Huxley.

Deborah Kerr made her television debut in this production, playing a different role in each vignette. Jeremy's role came in the The Rest Cure segment. It tells the story of a woman whose dissatisfaction with the confines of married life leads her into a liaison with disastrous consequences.

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