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History Extra talks about the current and upcoming trends in historic drama:
And it’s not merely single objects that productions look to reproduce. In 2016, Montgomery created a to-scale replica of the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, Yorkshire, for the BBC’s To Walk Invisible. Constructed in a nearby car park, the set included the parsonage itself, as well as the graveyard, lane and school next to it, all of which are familiar landmarks to the thousands of tourists who travel to the real-life site each year.
The legacy of To Walk Invisible within the museum did not end there. Costumes created for Anne (Charlie Murphy) and Emily Brontë (Chloe Pirrie) were placed on display in the parlour. In 2017, the Parsonage exhibition Mansions in the Sky, curated by poet Simon Armitage, featured an installation created by Montgomery that imagined the bedroom of Branwell Brontë. Complete with bed, candles sticks, paintings, sketches and even a replica collar belonging to a childhood dog, the work allowed visitors, in the words of the museum, to step “inside the mind and world of the notorious Brontë brother”. (Dr Madeleine Pelling)
What is Yorkshire famous for? Metro gives some of the answers:
The Brontës
Literary heavyweights Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë all hailed from a Yorkshire village called Haworth.
Emily’s famous classic, Wuthering Heights, took place in Yorkshire and the moors are a particular focal point. (Aidan Milan)
The Herald reminds us how The Unthanks composed a song for Wuthering Heights 2011:
They have worked with everyone from Damon Albarn and Orbital to the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, have been nominated for a Mercury Prize and turned Emily Brontë poems into songs. (Teddy Jamieson)
The Isle of Wight County Press summarises the recent Ventnor Fringe Festival and mentions the performace of the Blue Orange's production of Jane Eyre:
A one-hour adaptation of Jane Eyre attracted smaller audiences but was cleverly done, with just four actors taking on a variety of roles, word perfect and conveying the multitude of emotions required. The cast has now moved on to Edinburgh Fringe. (Lori Little)
Far Out Magazine lists the best films set in Yorkshire: 
10. Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold – 2011)
Although William Wyler’s 1939 interpretation of the classic novel is often touted as the finest, Arnold’s modern adaptation deserves praise for its beautiful cinematography and atmospheric elements. The film won the Osella for Best Cinematography at the Venice Film Festival, among other accolades.
Arnold said: “I’ve got no education. I don’t know about the Brontës. To this day I’ve never read Jane Eyre. I watched a lot of old films on television, including the 1939 William Wyler Wuthering Heights, with my Nan and Granddad in Kent as a kid. Because of all the adaptations, I was expecting the book, which I read in my late teens, to be a traditional love story.”
Adding, “It’s really a dark book and quite troubling. When I got asked to direct it, I knew it was a bit of a stupid thing to do, because it’s such a famous and difficult book and there have been so many adaptations. People keep trying to have a go at that, but the book survives all of that. It’s its own beast. We should probably leave it alone.” (Swapnil Dhruv Bose)
LancsLive and North Lancashire village for the perfect weekend break:
Wycoller
Back over to East Lancashire, this time in Pendle.
Wycoller is home to Wycoller Country Park and is an area famous for its assocation with the Bronté sisters, whho referred to the landmarks in Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Wycoller Hall, now in ruins, is believed to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Jane Eyre. (Chantelle Heeds)
Examiner Yorkshire  talks about Malham Cove:
And you've most likely seen it on your telly: sweeping shots of Malham Cove were featured in the 1992 version of Wuthering Heights. (Sam Brooke)
El Mundo (Spain) mentions the critical reception of Wuthering Heights before and after it was known it was written by a woman:
Cumbres borrascosas fue muy celebrada cuando apareció por primera vez en 1847. La crítica alabó su lenguaje «de granjero de Yorkshire» y cayó rendida ante el derroche de «malicia y blasfemia» de la novela, hasta que tres años más tarde, cuando se supo que Emily Brontë era su autora, su estilo fue comparado con «un pajarillo que agita sus alas contra los barrotes de su jaula». (Leticia Blanco) (Translation)
The author of the paper seems to be quoting from the famous article by Carol Ohmann, Emily Bronte in the Hands of Male Critics. College English, 32(8), 906 (1972),.

BoursoraMag (France) lists pocket books to read this summer, like Wuthering Heights:
Les Hauts de Hurlevent est un roman d'amour totalement indémodable. Écrit en 1847 par une jeune fille qui n'était jamais sortie de chez elle, le livre fascine par la violence des sentiments qu'il décrit. Dans les paysages sauvages des landes du Yorkshire, les nombreux rebondissements s'enchaînent sur fond de passion et de tourments destructeurs. Cet unique roman écrit par Emily Brontë n'est pas de tout repos mais il est inoubliable. (Le Particulier) (Translation)

AnneBronte.org posts about Emily Brontë based on first person accounts. 

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