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Wide Sargasso Sea is a British television adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name.
Produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC Wales, the one-off 90-minute drama was first broadcast on digital television channel BBC Four on 9 October 2006.[1] It was repeated on BBC One on Sunday, 22 October 2006, the week following the conclusion of BBC One's adaptation of Jane Eyre, to which Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel.[2]
The adaptation was scripted by playwright Stephen Greenhorn, produced by Elwen Rowlands and directed by Brendan Maher.[3] It starred Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway and Rafe Spall as Rochester.[4]
Plot summary
Cast
- Rafe Spall as Edward Rochester
- Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway
- Nina Sosanya as Christophine
- Victoria Hamilton as Aunt Cora
- Fraser Ayres as Daniel
- Lorraine Burroughs as Amelie
- Alex Robertson as Richard Mason
- Karen Meagher as Grace Poole
See also
References
- ^ "Wide Sargasso Sea". 9 October 2006. p. 79 – via BBC Genome.
- ^ "BBC Four - Wide Sargasso Sea".
- ^ "Wide Sargasso Sea (2006)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Wide Sargasso Sea (2006) - Brendan Maher, Brian Maher | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via allmovie.com.
External links
- Wide Sargasso Sea at bbc.co.uk
- Wide Sargasso Sea at IMDb
- Wide Sargasso Sea at Rotten Tomatoes
- Review at JaneEyre.net
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