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09/11/2025

by Jane Austen
dramatised by Clara Glynn
Fuelled by her love of the Gothic novel, the halls and corridors of Northanger Abbey cause Catherine's imagination to run riot.

by Jane Austen
dramatised by Clara Glynn

Austen's early novel is a coming-of-age narrative and a satire on the 1790s vogue for sensationalist Gothic fiction.
Broadcast to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen.

Part Two
Having spent some weeks in Bath, Catherine has received an invitation from the Tilneys to stay at their home, Northanger Abbey.
In the halls and corridors of this ancient building and fuelled by her love of the Gothic novel, Catherine's imagination runs riot.

Catherine Morland ..... Madeleine Gray
Henry TIlney ..... Will Howard
Eleanor Tilney ..... Scarlett Courtney
General Tilney ..... John Heffernan
Isabella Thorpe ..... Cecilia Appiah
Mrs Morland ..... Jasmine Hyde
James Morland/Captain Tilney ..... Django Bevan

Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane

Sound by Keith Graham and Sam Dickinson
Production Coordinator - Bethany Woodhead

Release date:

57 minutes

On radio

Sun 9 Nov 2025 15:00

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Nov 2025 15:00

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