6/28/2023 0 Comments Dr norrell and mr strange![]() However, his offer is met coldly, as the Secretary of War, Sir Walter Pole ( Samuel West) cannot discern the difference between what Norrell does from a common street magician. ![]() ![]() After demonstrating his abilities as a practical magician to stuffed shirt scholars of the York Society of Magic, his achievements become the source of gossip throughout the country, leading him to offer his arts to the British government’s war efforts. Norrell has spent his lifetime acquiring a massive library of magical texts and has been educating himself. While the country has plenty of men that refer to themselves as “magicians," they tend to fall into two categories: the looked-down-upon street magician and the gentlemanly theoretical magicians, who study magic but do not practice it. ![]() ![]() Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the titular characters of Jonathan Strange (Bertie Carvel) and Mr Norell ( Eddie Marsan) are two practical magicians who have been prophesied to restore magic to England, where it has not been seen in several hundred years. ![]()
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