Maurice

Date: 1987
Director: James Ivory
Production Company: Merchant Ivory Productions

Stars: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Simon Callow, Orlando Wells, Mark Payton, Billie Whitelaw, Kitty Aldridge, Helena Michell, Rupert Graves, Peter Eyre, Phoebe Nicholls
Location(s): Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, London, Sicily, Wiltshire

Region(s): Italy, London M-N, South East A-D, South West

Storyline:

A young man in Edwardian England grapples with his forbidden love for another man.

Additional Information:

Page compiled by Steve Randall

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On a beach visit, Mr. Ducie (Simon Callow) talks to a young Maurice (Orlando Wells) about the changes that come with adolescence. Camber Sands, Camber, Rye, East Sussex

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Years pass and Maurice attends university. The view through his window shows the William IV Porter's Lodge at King's College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

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Maurice (James Wilby) emerges from the Dean's office with Chapman (Mark Payton). King's College, Cambridge.

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Lord Risley (Mark Tandy) invites Maurice to his Dining Club. King's College Quad.

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Maurice meets fellow undergraduate Clive Durham (Hugh Grant). King's College, Cambridge.

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Maurice takes a punt out on the River Cam, Cambridge

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The punt carrying Maurice, Risley and Clive approaches Clare Bridge, Cambridge.

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Maurice's family home, Alfriston Gardens in the film, a currently unidentified location.

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Clive runs off, embarrassed, after telling Maurice that he loves him. King's College, Cambridge.

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To escape lectures, Maurice and Clive board a motorbike and sidecar. King's College Quad.

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They escape into the countryside. Unidentified location... Possibly Ely area. (SJ)

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Maurice is sent down from university and catches the train home. Horsted Keynes Station on the Bluebell Railway, East Sussex.

John Harwood visited Horsted Keynes 38 years later.

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Clive's home is Pendersleigh Park, portrayed by Wilbury Park, Newton Toney, Wiltshire.

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Maurice arrives, having been invited by Clive. Wilbury Park, Wiltshire

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Maurice and Clive go horse riding. The rear of Wilbury Park.

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Clive shows Maurice what he calls the "goblin house". The Summer House, Wilbury Park.

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At the Hall residence a letter is received from Mrs. Durham, welcoming the association between Maurice and Clive. The unidentified house from Capture 8.

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Clive now has a house in town. Linley Sambourne House, 18 Stafford Terrace, London W8.

Without the internal lighting. SJ

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The pub where Maurice and Clive meet up with Lord Risley. The interior was filmed at the Black Friar opposite Blackfriars station, but this exterior is unidentified, and could be a set.

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Lord Risley is arrested on an immorality charge and a trial is held in Wigmore Hall. 36 Wigmore St, London W1

On the north side between Welbeck and Wimpole Streets. SJ

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After being taken ill while visiting Alfriston Gardens, Clive is driven home. Maurice's mother (Billie Whitelaw) and sisters (Kitty Aldridge, Helena Michell) wave him goodbye. Unidentified location.

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Clive travels to Greece. Well the ruins may be Grecian, but this is the Temple of Segesta, Sicily.

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Clive reads a letter from Maurice, who is missing him. The Greek theatre at Segesta, Sicily

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Clive undergoes a reset and marries Anne (Phoebe Nicholls) at an unidentified church.

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They move from the church to the waiting wedding car.

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As they drive down the road thatched cottages appear that will hopefully aid identification.

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The gamekeeper at Pendersleigh, Scudder (Rupert Graves), removes a rabbit from a trap. The bank of the River Allen in Dorset, with the Boat House, Crichel, Dorset across the river.

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Scudder writes a note inviting Maurice to meet with him in the boathouse before he emigrates to Argentina. But Maurice doesn't show up. The Boat House, Crichel, which becomes the meeting place for Maurice and Scudder.

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17 Sep 2025

Maurice arrives for a session with his psychiatrist in London. 101 Harley Street W1.

This houses the London Skin Clinic. Just north of Weymouth Street. SJ

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29 Oct 2025

Scudder is on his way to London to find Maurice. Horsted Keynes Station, East Sussex.

The ticket collector's booth is perfectly preserved in John Harwood's comparison.

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Scudder waits on the platform for a train. Horsted Keynes Station.

John Harwood captured the scene.

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The offices of Hull & Hall, stockbrokers where Maurice works. Dave W found that Maurice had to travel to 4 Dean's Court, EC4 for his office. Here viewed from St. Paul's Courtyard, the entrance to the premises on the left have seen been closed off with the loss of the arched portico. It can, however, also be viewed in 'League of Gentlemen', Capture 42. (RL)