Jane Eyre

Written by Charlotte Brontë

Narrated by Samantha Eggar, Michael York and CART Company

CART's faithful adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's novel follows young orphan Jane Eyre searching for acceptance and love from an aunt who resents and tortures her before sending her to Lowood School. There, after many trials, she learns to become an accomplished young woman. She plans to be a governess and advertises in a country newspaper, leading to a job as a teacher to a French orphan. In this position, she meets Mr. Rochester, beginning a love story, filled with passion and anguish.

STARRING: SAMANTHA EGGAR as Jane Eyre, MICHAEL YORK as Edward Rochester, BEVERLY GARLAND as Mrs. Reed, HELENA CARROLL as Mrs. Fairfax, IAN AMBERCROMBE as Mr. Brocklehurst, LINDA HENNING as Young Jane Eyre, CAITLIN SHANNON as Helen Burns, AMELIA WHITE as Bessie and The Cumberlin Girl, FRANCISCA BEACH as Ms. Abbott and Ms. Miller, MARTY MAGUIRE as Young John Reed and Mr. Mason, THOMAS MacGREEVY as The Apothecary, The Priest and The Butler; SEAN McCLORY as Colonel Den; AND CART's Announcer, JOHN HARLAN.

• Language: English
• Publisher: California Artists Radio Theatre
• Release date: Jan 1, 1984
• ISBN: 9781970031256

Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet, and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters. Her experiences in boarding schools, as a governess and a teacher eventually became the basis of her novels. Under pseudonyms the sisters published their first novels; Charlotte's first published novel, Jane Eyre(1847), written under a non de plume, was an immediate literary success. During the writing of her second novel all of her siblings died. With the publication of Shirley (1849) her true identity as an author was revealed. She completed three novels in her lifetime and over 200 poems.