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''Northanger Abbey'' is a 1987 made-for-television film adaptation of
Jane Austen's 1817 novel ''
Northanger Abbey
''Northanger Abbey'' () is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels written by Jane Austen. Austen was also influenced by Charlotte Lennox's '' The Female Quixote'' (1752). ''Northanger Abbey'' was completed in 1803, the first of ...
'', and was originally broadcast on the
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on 15 February 1987. It is part of the ''
Screen Two
''Screen Two'' was a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing ''Screen 2'' between April 1977 and March ...
'' anthology series.
Plot
The film is set in the late 18th century, when Jane Austen wrote the novel although it was published after her death in 1817. Northanger Abbey is the story of a young woman, Catherine Morland, who is invited to
Bath, Somerset, with family friends, the Allens; they hope that the waters at Bath will help Mr. Allen's
gout
Gout ( ) is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot and swollen joint, caused by deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals. Pain typically comes on rapidly, reaching maximal intens ...
. Catherine (called "Cathy" by her many younger siblings) is a 17-year-old young lady who 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, who is a hardened flirt. Likewise, John (Isabella's brother and James's friend) pursues Catherine, who does not like John nearly as much as John likes himself.
Catherine is falling in love with a quirky 26-year-old clergyman, Henry Tilney, whom she met at a dance. She befriends Henry's sister, Eleanor, and goes on many outings with the two of them, after their brother Frederick Tilney comes to Bath. Isabella, having learned that James (to whom she is now engaged) is poor, begins to flirt with Frederick and ultimately ends her engagement with James. Eleanor invites Catherine to stay with her at the Tilneys' home, Northanger Abbey.
Catherine accepts the invitation with pleasure, although she imagines that the Abbey will be rather like one of 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 the General realizes that Catherine is not rich, however, he sends her packing. Once 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.
Cast
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Katharine Schlesinger
Katharine Schlesinger (born 29 April 1963) is a British actress, the niece of the film director John Schlesinger and great-niece of Dame Peggy Ashcroft. She starred as Catherine in the 1987 film adaptation of Jane Austen's ''Northanger Abbey'' ...
as Catherine Morland
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Peter Firth
Peter Macintosh Firth (born 27 October 1953) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme '' Spooks''; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lif ...
as Henry Tilney
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Robert Hardy
Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy (29 October 1925 – 3 August 2017) was an English actor who had a long career in theatre, film and television. He began his career as a classical actor and later earned widespread recognition for roles such as Sieg ...
as General Tilney
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Googie Withers as Mrs. Allen
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Geoffrey Chater
Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson (23 March 1921 – 16 October 2021) was an English film, television and stage actor. He appeared in the crime drama series '' Callan'', ''Foyle's War'' and ''Midsomer Murders''.
Biography
Geoffrey Michael Chat ...
as Mr. Allen
* Cassie Stuart as Isabella Thorpe
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Jonathan Coy
Jonathan Coy (born 24 April 1953, in Hammersmith, London) is a British actor. He has worked since 1975 largely in television, notably as Henry in the long-running legal series '' Rumpole of the Bailey'' and as Bracegirdle in the television ser ...
as John Thorpe
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Ingrid Lacey
Ingrid Marcella Lacey (born 6 November 1958) is a British actress. She is known for her role as Julia in Series 2 of '' London's Burning'', Helen Cooper in the Channel 4 sitcom '' Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1993–98). Her film appearances include '' ...
as Eleanor Tilney
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Greg Hicks as Frederick Tilney
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Philip Bird
Philip 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''. He also appeared ...
as James Morland
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Elvi Hale
Patricia Elvira Hake (born 29 January 1931), known as Elvi Hale, is a retired British actress. She played Anne of Cleves in '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII'', broadcast in 1970.
Career
Raised in Romford, Essex and educated at Reed's School. S ...
as Mrs. Thorpe
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Helen Fraser as Mrs. Morland
* David Rolfe as Mr. Morland
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Elaine Ives-Cameron
Elaine Ives-Cameron (5 December 1938–15 November 2006) was an American-born British actress.
Elaine Ives-Cameron was born Elaine Schleifer, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She had one son, Erik Cameron, and was grandmother to his two childr ...
as Marchioness
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Angela Curran
Angela Curran is an English actress, known for '' Death at a Funeral'' (2007), ''Jane Eyre'' (2011) and '' The Danish Girl'' (2015).
In 2003, Curran had her own one woman show, ''Happy Talk'', broadcast on Radio 3.
She appeared as security gu ...
as Alice
* Tricia Morrish as Miss Digby
* Oliver Hembrough as Edward Morland
* Anne-Marie Mullane as Thorpe Sisters
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Michelle Arthur as Thorpe Sisters
* Sarah-Jane Holm as Jenny
* Raphael Alleyne as page boy
References
External links
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''Northanger Abbey''at PBS.org
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BBC television dramas
Films based on works by Jane Austen
Films set in the 18th century
Films set in Bath, Somerset
1987 television films
British television films
Films directed by Giles Foster
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