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The saga continues: 'Forsyte' on 'Masterpiece Theater'

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From: Oakland Tribune
Date: 20040208
Author:Alessandra Stanley, Contributor

That England is the setting for Series II of the "The Forsyte Saga," a three-part miniseries that begins tonight on "Masterpiece Theater," airing at 9 p.m. on Channel 9. Or at least it is England as Soames Forsyte (Damian Lewis) views it from his bitter, sidelined perspective. This sequel to "The Forsyte Saga" that was shown on PBS in the fall of 2002 is based on "To Let," the third novel in John Galsworthy's trilogy, written in 1921 by an older, more forgiving author than the one who scathingly mocked his own caste in the 1906 opening novel, "The Man of Property." The television adaptation ...

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