{"id":9206,"date":"2018-03-28T10:17:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T14:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-planning-adapt-mermaid-mrs-hancock\/"},"modified":"2018-03-28T11:32:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T15:32:54","slug":"playground-planning-to-adapt-the-mermaid-and-mrs-hancock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/playground-planning-to-adapt-the-mermaid-and-mrs-hancock\/","title":{"rendered":"Playground Planning to Adapt The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Playground has secured the film and TV rights to Imogen Hermes Gowar\u2019s best-selling debut novel <em>The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Set in 1785, <em>The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock<\/em> tells the story of Jonah Hancock, a prosperous merchant and widower, whose captain returns having sold Hancock&#8217;s ship and cargo in exchange for an extraordinary creature: a mermaid. This mermaid becomes the subject of great curiosity and forges an encounter between Hancock and the desirable courtesan Angelica Neal.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Callender, executive producer and founder of Playground, said: \u201cIn the tradition of <em>Wolf Hall<\/em> and <em>Howards End<\/em> we at Playground are very excited to bring to the screen Imogen\u2019s remarkable debut novel. We are honoured that she has entrusted us with her gloriously enthralling original story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Gallant, creative director at Playground UK, added: \u201cWe instantly fell in love with Imogen&#8217;s extraordinary and spellbinding novel. 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