1953 Tv Play Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights is a 1953 British TV production of Emily Brontë's classic 1847 novel.
It was made because Richard Todd, then at the height of his film popularity, expressed interest in playing Heathcliff and the BBC arranged for an adaptation to be made.
| Wuthering Heights | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Radio Times cover with Yvonne Mitchell & Richard Todd | |
| Genre | Period drama |
| Based on | Wuthering Heights 1847 novel by Emily Brontë |
| Written by | Nigel Kneale (adaptation) |
| Directed by | Rudolph Cartier |
| Starring | Richard Todd Yvonne Mitchell |
| Theme music composer | Alfred Dunning |
| Composer | Richard Addinsell |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Rudolph Cartier |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC tv |
| Release | 6 December 1953 |
The production was very popular, although no recordings are thought to have survived. Kneale's script was filmed in Australia in 1959.
Plot summary
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Cast
- Richard Todd as Heathcliff
- Yvonne Mitchell as Cathy
- William Devlin as Lockwood
- Sydney Bromley as Joseph
- Rene Ray as Isabella (as René Ray)
- Jane Henderson as Ellen
- Robert Brown as Hindley Earnshaw
- Peter Bryant as Edgar Linton
- John Kidd as Dr. Kenneth
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