Wide Sargasso Sea (2006 film)

Not to be confused with Wide Sargasso Sea (1993 film).

Wide Sargasso Sea is a British television adaptation of Jean Rhys's 1966 novel of the same name.

Wide Sargasso Sea
Starring	Rafe Spall Rebecca Hall Nina Sosanya Victoria Hamilton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	1
Production
Producer	Kudos Film & Television
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC Four
Release	9 October 2006 (2006-10-09)

Produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC Wales, the one-off 90-minute drama was first broadcast on digital television channel BBC Four on 9 October 2006.^[1] It was repeated on BBC One on Sunday, 22 October 2006, the week following the conclusion of BBC One's adaptation of Jane Eyre, to which Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel.^[2]

The adaptation was scripted by playwright Stephen Greenhorn, produced by Elwen Rowlands and directed by Brendan Maher.^[3] It starred Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway and Rafe Spall as Rochester.^[4]

Plot summary

See also: Wide Sargasso Sea § Plot summary

Cast

• Rafe Spall as Edward Rochester
• Rebecca Hall as Antoinette Cosway
• Nina Sosanya as Christophine
• Victoria Hamilton as Aunt Cora
• Fraser Ayres as Daniel
• Lorraine Burroughs as Amelie
• Alex Robertson as Richard Mason
• Karen Meagher as Grace Poole

See also

• Wide Sargasso Sea (1993 film)

References

1. "Wide Sargasso Sea". 9 October 2006. p. 79 – via BBC Genome.
2. "BBC Four - Wide Sargasso Sea".
3. "Wide Sargasso Sea (2006)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017.
4. "Wide Sargasso Sea (2006) - Brendan Maher, Brian Maher | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via allmovie.com.

External links

• Wide Sargasso Sea at bbc.co.uk
• Wide Sargasso Sea at IMDb
• Wide Sargasso Sea at Rotten Tomatoes
• Review at JaneEyre.net