![]() ![]() In 2009, when I wrote Captain Wentworth’s Persuasion, it was Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds that I saw in my mind’s eye as the book’s characters. As cinematic adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels go, the 1995 version of Persuasion has kept its critics at bay. ![]() In 2007, Rupert Penry Jones and Sally Hawkins took on the parts of Anne and Wentworth. It brought us Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds. In April 1995, BBC-2 presented the third rendering. This adaptation starred Ann Firbank and Bryan Marshall in the main roles. ITV presented the second adaptation in five parts from April 18 to May 16, 1971. Daphne Slater, who incidentally portrayed Elizabeth Bennet in 1952′s Pride and Prejudice, played Anne Elliot, while Paul Daneman took on the role of Frederick Wentworth. The first was presented on four consecutive weeks from December 30, 1960, to January 20, 1961. In describing Persuasion in his script’s introduction, Nick Dear said, “The story essentially describes an old order fading away into decadence, and a new tribe, a meritocracy, coming to the fore.” Persuasion has seen four renderings. ![]()
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