Wuthering Heights

Summary

1948 live studio production of the theatre adaptation by John Davison of Emily Brontë ‘s novel Wuthering Heights.

Theatre play

Wuthering Heights by John Davison [more information]

Play synopsis

A theatre adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel.

Production history

First performed in 1937 and published by Frederick Muller in London in 1942.

Date of transmission

Sunday 7 March 1948

Time

8.30-10.00pm

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Playwright

John Davison

Adapted for Television by

George More O’Ferrall (1907-1982)

Original Book by

Emily Brontë

Additional Dialogue by

Alfred Sangster

Cast

Katharine Blake	Catherine Earnshaw
Douglas Hurn	Hareton Earnshaw
Christine Lindsay	Ellen Dean
Patrick Macnee	Edgar Linton
Annabelle [or Annabel] Maule	Isabella Linton
Kieron Moore	Heathcliff
André Morell	Hindley Earnshaw
Vivian Pickles	Catharine Linton
Alfred Sangster	Joseph

Additional details

Origination

Live from studio

Vision original

Monochrome

Later transmissions

Presented again at 3.00pm on Tuesday 9 March 1948.

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

adaptation of novel

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 5 March 1948 (Magazine)

Linking notes

listing, p. 26; article by John Swift, ‘Kieron Moore in Wuthering Heights’, p. 25; article, p. 24