A FILM adaptation of an 18th century comedy filmed entirely at an iconic Oxfordshire mansion and starring Sir Ian McKellen is gearing up for a UK DVD release.

Miss In Her Teens featuring the Lord of the Rings and X-Men actor as well as renowned actor Simon Callow will go on general DVD release on December 5.

The film produced by Fizz and Ginger Films was shot entirely at Wroxton College, Wroxton, a Jacobean mansion dating back to the early 17th century.

It is written and produced by Tori Butler Hart who is originally from Oxford and still has ties to the area.

Film Director Matthew Butler Hart said of the project: "We were actually planning our first original feature, Two Down, when the producers of the play version of Miss In Her Teens asked if we could film it.

"Theatre is never easy to film so Tori [Butler Hart] and I suggested properly adapting it for the screen.

"After that it all came together quite quickly because we used a lot of the case from the play. adapted the same costumes for film, and managed to find an amazing country house in Oxfordshire for the entire shoot."

Originally written in 1747 by playwright David Garrick the farcical play tells the story of Biddy Bellair and her suitors as she waits for her true love to return home from wars in France.

To entertain herself in his absence she allows 'outrageous fop' Fribble and 'blustering faker' Flash to pay her court; all the while planning how she can persuade her Aunt's choice of suitor, the lecherous Sir Simon Loveit, that she is not the wife for him.

The film is Fizz and Ginger Films’ first feature length film before the multi-award winning Two Down and the forthcoming supernatural thriller, The Isle.

Miss In Her Teens has already been released on TV, DVD and VOD in the U.S and Canada.

It will go on sale across the UK on DVD and various VOD platforms including iTunes and Amazon from December 5.

The film was initially released in Canada on April 14 2014.