WOOLF ARTS ARCHIVE

Virginia Woolf: A Night’s Darkness, A Day’s Sail
BBC TV
Documentary
18 January, 1970
United Kingdom
Produced by BBC TV, this 1970 documentary offers rare insight into Virginia Woolf’s life and work. The film features footage of Talland House, the Stephen family’s summer home, and Godrevy Lighthouse, alongside interviews with Leonard Woolf, Angelica Garnett, Quentin Bell, George Rylands, Elizabeth Bowen, Duncan Grant, Benedict Nicolson, Lord David Cecil, Dame Janet Vaughn, Raymond Mortimer, and Louie Mayer, the Woolfs’ cook at Monk’s House.
Woolf’s character, writing habits, genius, and love of London, as well as the Bloomsbury Group are discussed by the interviewees. Portions of Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and A Room of One’s Own (1929) are read on camera, and the documentary also presents the actual Hogarth Press.
Duration 50 Minutes

