Northanger Abbey (1986 film)
Encyclopedia
Jane Austen
's novel Northanger Abbey
(1818) was adapted for television in 1986 by the A&E Network
and the BBC
.
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.Austen lived...
's novel Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan was written approximately during 1798–99...
(1818) was adapted for television in 1986 by the A&E Network
A&E Network
The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...
and the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
.
Crew
- Giles FosterGiles FosterGiles Foster has been a British television director since 1975. He specialises in television dramas. He has also directed in Australia and more recently in Germany. He wrote some television dramas in the 1970s....
(Director) - Louis MarksLouis MarksLouis Frank Marks was a British script writer and producer mainly for the BBC. He attended the Balliol College, Oxford and graduated with a DPhil. He made the surprising choice to become a writer...
(Producer) - Ilona SekaczIlona SekaczIlona Sekacz is a British composer of concert, film, television and theatre music.- About :Sekacz was born to a Polish mother and an English father. She studied violin and was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain...
(Original music) - Nat Crosby (Cinematography)
- Nicholas Rocker (Costume design)
- Joan Stribling (Make-up)
- Maggie Wadey (Screen-play)
Cast
- Katharine SchlesingerKatharine SchlesingerKatharine Schlesinger, is a British actress niece of the film director John Schlesinger and great-niece of Dame Peggy Ashcroft. She starred as Catherine in the 1986 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.-Theatre:...
: Catherine Morland - Peter FirthPeter FirthPeter Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC show Spooks, of which he is the only actor to have starred in every episode of the show's 10 series lifespan...
: Henry Tilney - Robert HardyRobert HardyTimothy Sydney Robert Hardy, CBE, FSA is an English actor with a long career in the theatre, film and television. He is also an acknowledged expert on the longbow.-Early life:...
: General Tilney - Googie WithersGoogie WithersGeorgette Lizette "Googie" Withers CBE, AO was an English theatre, film and television actress. She was a longtime resident of Australia with her husband, the actor John McCallum, with whom she often appeared.-Biography:...
: Mrs. Allen - Geoffrey ChaterGeoffrey ChaterGeoffrey Chater is a British actor who was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. He has starred in both film and television projects...
: Mr. Allen - Cassie Stuart: Isabella Thorpe
- Jonathan CoyJonathan CoyJonathan Coy is a British actor born in Hammersmith, London on 24 April 1953. He has worked since 1975 largely in television, notably as Henry in the long running legal series Rumpole and as Bracegirdle in the television series Hornblower, adapted from the books by C. S. Forester...
: John Thorpe - Ingrid LaceyIngrid LaceyIngrid Lacey , is a British actress best known for her role as Helen Cooper in Drop the Dead Donkey. She was born in Surrey, educated at Godalming College and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 1981...
: Eleanor Tilney - Greg HicksGreg HicksGreg Hicks is an English actor. He completed theatrical training at Rose Bruford College and has been a member of The Royal Shakespeare Company since 1976...
: Frederick Tilney - Philip BirdPhilip BirdPhilip Bird is an English actor who has appeared in several British shows such as Peter Birch in ITV soap opera Emmerdale in 2006. He has also appeared in BBC's Doctors, ITV's Heartbeat and Coronation Street.-External links:...
: James Morland - Elvi HaleElvi HaleElvi Hale is an English actress from Romford, Essex. Born to Anglo-Scandinavian parents, she is perhaps best known for playing Anne of Cleves in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, broadcast in 1970. Hale was nominated for a BAFTA award for most promising film newcomer for her performance in Wendy Toye's...
: Mrs. Thorpe - Helen FraserHelen FraserHelen Fraser is an English actress, a familiar face in many television comedies and dramas from the early 1960s to the present. She is now living in Halesworth, Suffolk.-Career:...
: Mrs. Morland - David RolfeDavid RolfeDavid Rolfe is a computer programmer who was instrumental in the development of many "golden age" arcade and home video games. He received his BS in Engineering from Caltech in 1977.-Arcade games:...
: Mr. Morland - Elaine Ives-CameronElaine Ives-CameronElaine Ives-Cameron was an American-born British actress.Her film credits include: The Night Digger, Terror, Murder by Decree and Supergirl....
: Marchioness - Angela Curran: Alice
- Tricia Morrish: Miss Digby
- Oliver Hembrough: Edward Morland
- Anne-Marie Mullane: Thorpe Sisters
- Michelle ArthurMichelle Arthur-Movies:She appeared as the Thorpe Sisters in the 1986 film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey. Arthur also appeared in the James Bond film Goldeneye as "Anna"...
: Thorpe Sisters - Sarah-Jane Holm: Jenny
- Raphael Alleyne: Page Boy
Plot
Northanger Abbey is the story of a young woman, Catherine Morland, who is invited to Bath with family friends, the Allens, for the waters at Bath will help Mr. Allen's gout. Catherine (called "Cathy" by her many younger siblings) has been quite sheltered all her life, escaping only by reading Gothic novels, and so is delighted to go to Bath. Mrs. Allen introduces Catherine to the Thorpe family, including an older girl, Isabella, who befriends Catherine. The girls have bonded over their love of similar novels, when their brothers arrive. James (Catherine's brother) falls in love with Isabella, a hardened flirt. Likewise, John (Isabella's brother and James's friend) goes after Catherine, who does not like John half so much as John likes himself. Catherine is in love herself, however, with a quirky young minister, Henry Tilney, whom she met at a dance. Catherine befriends Henry's sister, Eleanor, and goes on many outing with the two siblings, after their brother, Frederick, comes to Bath. Isabella, having learned that James (to whom she is now engaged) is poor, begins to flirt with Frederick Tilney. Eleanor invites Catherine to stay with her at the Tilney's home, Northanger Abbey; Catherine accepts with pleasure, though she imagines that the Abbey will be rather like on the gloomy castles in her books. Catherine is, at first, welcomed by General Tilney (Henry's father), who has been bragged to by John Thorpe that Catherine (whom John thinks is in love with him) is an heiress. When he realizes that Catherine is not rich, however, he sends her packing. Back at home, Catherine is unhappy, missing Henry and disillusioned about her precious Gothic novels. Henry appears and proposes, however, and the story ends happily.External links
- Northanger Abbey at PBS.org