Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood, whose novels are English literature standards...

's novel Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in London, England, in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. with the title Jane Eyre. An Autobiography under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition was released the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York...

(1847) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations. This version appeared on the A&E Television 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...

 in 1997

1997 in film

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Notable for omitting the middle scenes with Mrs Reed, the Rivers' relationship to Jane, and her uncle's inheritance. But included classic lines from the novel (the piece of string, and this pure innocent woman).

Originally shown on ITV in 1997. Sometimes repeated on ITV3.

Cast

• Samantha Morton
  Samantha Morton
  Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and film director. She began her performing career with guest roles in television shows such as Soldier Soldier and Boon before making her film debut in the 1997 drama film This Is the Sea, playing the character of Hazel Stokes...
  
  .....Jane Eyre
• Ciarán Hinds
  Ciarán Hinds
  Ciarán Hinds is an Irish film, television and stage actor. He has built up a reputation as a versatile character actor appearing in such high profile films as Road to Perdition, The Phantom of the Opera, Munich, There Will Be Blood and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. His television roles include...
  
  .....Edward Fairfax Rochester
• Laura Harling
  Laura Harling
  Laura Harling in England, is a British actress.In 1995, aged nine, she played the granddaughter of Belle, Scrooge's former fiancée, in an adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol with the Royal Shakespeare Company...
  
  .....Young Jane
• Rupert Penry-Jones
  Rupert Penry-Jones
  Rupert William Penry-Jones is an English actor, best known for his role as Adam Carter in the British television series Spooks, also broadcast under the title MI-5.-Family life:Penry-Jones was born in London on September 22, 1970...
  
  .....St. John Rivers
• Gemma Jones.....Mrs. Alice Fairfax
• Timia Bertome.....Adele
• David Gant.....Mr. Brocklehurst
• Abigail Cruttenden
  Abigail Cruttenden
  Abigail Cruttenden is an English actress.Cruttenden played opposite Sean Bean as his character's onscreen wife Jane in several episodes of Sharpe. The couple wed in real life in 1997 and had a daughter, Evie. Three months later they started divorce proceedings, and divorced in 2000. In 2003,...
  
  .....Blanche Ingram
• Ben Sowden
  Ben Sowden
  Ben Sowden, born 23rd January 1983 in Leeds, England, is a British actor who appeared as Thomas in Children's Ward and John Reed in Jane Eyre .-References:...
  
  .....John Reed
• Deborah Findlay
  Deborah Findlay
  Deborah Findlay is an English actress.Her TV credits include Gillian in the ITV drama The Last Train , the recurring character Greer Thornton in 4 of the 6 episodes of State of Play, and in the episode The French Drop in Foyle's War. She also appeared in 4 episodes of the 2001 series of The...
  
  .....Mr. Reed

External links

• Rotten Tomatoes reviews
• An Enthusiast's Guide to Jane Eyre Adaptations