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TBS In the spotlight v Passion leads to murder in "Therese Raquin" Hot blooded passion erupts into cold blooded murder in "Therese Raquin," a three-part dramatization of Emile Zola's powerful tale of adultery, homicide and guilt airing on Master­ piece Theatre on PBS, beginning Sunday, April 12 * Kate Nelligan (left), the leading actress of her generation ac­ cording to the London Times and Frank Langella's beautiful vic­ tim in the movie "Dracula," and Brian Cox (right) star as Therese and Laurent, the lovers whose consuming sexual rela tionship drives them to murder and then dwindles as the murder haunts them. Kenneth Cranham is Camille Raquin, the sickly husband and victim, and Mona Washbourne (center) por­ trays his ever-fussing mothe; in the Mobil-funded PBS mini- series Denounced as pornographic for its naturalistic and explicit treatment of adultery and passion when it was first published in 1867, "Therese Raquin" was, according to Zola a physiological study of two people "drawn to each action of their lives by the inexorable laws of their physical nature. Therese and Laurent are human animals, nothing more " Jonathan Powell, who has to his credit a long line of critical­ ly Acclaimed classic serials, including "The Mayor of Caster- bridge," "Crime and Punishment," "Pride and Prejudice" and "Testament of Youth," all seen on Masterpiece Theatre, produc­ ed the TV adaptation of the Zola classic Powell also produced "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," starring Alec Guinness, which aired on PBS this season "Therese Raquin" was dramatized by Philip Mackie, Inter­ national Emmy award-winner for "The Naked Civil Servant" who also scripted for television Francis lies' "Malice Aforethought" seen on the Mobil-funded "Mystery1" series this season Simon Langton, whose credits include episodes of "Upstairs, Downstairs," "Love for Lydia," "The Duchess of Duke Street" and "Danger UXB," directed "Therese Raquin," a BBC-TV/London Films co-production, is presented on PBS by WGBH/Boston, where Joan Wilson is Masterpiece Theatre producer. 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