I have set my self the task of watching the adaptations in the order Austen wrote the novels :- Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion. I have several versions of each so this should keep me busy for sometime.
First up this version of Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey BBC 1987
This one has Katharine Schlesinger as Catherine Morland and Peter Firth as Henry Tilney. This film is an interesting mix – period costumes and settings, but modern music.
It is quite faithful to the story – except for this character
New Character
who is General Tilney’s ‘friend’ – she apparently gives him all of the gossip.
Catherine Morland – looking very fetching
Henry Tilney
Isabella Thorpe (on the left)
John Thorpe – suitably repulsive
Miss Tilney
General Tilney
Although this adaptation is a bit dated (and a bit strange at times), it is still worth watching.
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