Martyn Wade - Gondal

Novelist Emily Bronte's life at Haworth is paralleled with a dramatic reconstruction of Gondal.

This is her epic fantasy world set on a Pacific island from which the ideas for 'Wuthering Heights' evolved.

Starring Diana Quick and Janet Maw.

Written by Martyn Wade.

Augusta - Diana Quick

Emily - Janet Maw

Fernando - Nathaniel Parker

Lord Eldred - John Rowe

Alfred - Clive Francis

Tabitha - Linda Polan

Angelica - Moir Leslie

Alexander/Douglas - David Thorpe

Parry/Julius - Keith Drinkel

Young Emily - Annabel Lanyon

Gerald - Eric Allan

Young Charlotte/ Young Augusta - Bernadette Windsor

Young Branwell - Jill Lidstone

Other parts by:

John Webb

Jillie Meers

Siriol Jenkins

Melanie Hudson

Music specially composed by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.

Paralleling Emily Bronte's life at Haworth by reconstructing her fantasy world.

Paralleling Emily Bronte's Haworth life with reconstructing her fantasy world which led to Wuthering Heights. Stars Diana Quick.

Paralleling Emily Bronte's life at Haworth with a dramatic reconstruction of Gondal, her epic fantasy world set on a Pacific island from which the ideas for 'Wuthering Heights' evolved.

Martyn Wade's play stars Diana Quick as Augusta, Janet Maw as Emily, John Rowe as Lord Eldred, Nathaniel Parker as Fernando, Clive Francis as Alfred, Linda Polan as Tabitha, Moir Leslie as Angelica, David Thorpe as Alexander, Keith Drinkel as Parry, Annabelle Lanyon as Young Emily, Eric Allan as Gerald, Bernadette Windsor as Young Charlotte and Jill Lidstone as Young Branwell.

Other parts by John Webb, Jillie Meers, Siriol Jenkins and Melanie Hudson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.

Paralleling Emily Bronte's Haworth life by reconstructing her fantasy world.

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