A reminder and an alert:
Today, August 3, BBC Radio 4 airs the first episode of a
new adaptation of Villette (check this previous post for more information).
Radio Times reviews the production like this:
Charlotte Bronte's Villette is rarely adapted - it's been ten years since the last BBC radio version - yet dramatised here by Rachel Joyce it's both compelling and powerful. Perhaps because it's split into ten 15-minute episodes and certainly because it has a great narration woven throughout, it has the quality of seeming to be a small, intimate tale even as the story grows. The narrator Lucy Snowe (Anna Maxwell Martin) is strong, wants to be independent and as we join the tale is also just a little bit scared: she's confiding in us because she can't confide in anyone else. Orphaned and alone, Lucy leaves Britain and heads for a school in the fictional French town of Villette where she hopes to become a teacher. It is here that she meets the mysterious Madame Beck, owner of the school, and the enigmatic Monsieur Paul. (William Gallagher)
The alert comes from California:
Corona Public Library
Corona, California
Reading the Classics
Monday, August 3rd 10:30 a.m.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Categories: Alert, Audio-Radio, Villette, Wuthering Heights
YAYAYAYAYAYYA! v excited about this. :-)
ReplyDeleteGoing to listen to this in a few moments. When all is quiet in the house. Shhh. Would LOVE to see a TV version of Villette, my favourite of Charlotte's books. (Don't think I'll ever get to see that 1950s version anytime soon!!!)
ReplyDeleteEnjoy it! We have listened to it and it has started off pretty well - we're looking forward to continuing listening to it.
ReplyDeleteAccording to lost-shows.com, both the 1957 and the 1970 series are missing. Still hope against hope, you know.