Tenant of Wildfell Hall (version 2 dramatic reading), The by Anne Brontë (1820 - 1849)

A mysterious young widow arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son. She lives there under an assumed name, Helen Graham, and very soon finds herself the victim of local slander. Refusing to believe anything scandalous about her, Gilbert Markham discovers her dark secrets. In her diary Helen writes about her husband's physical and moral decline through alcohol and the world of debauchery and cruelty from which she has fled. This passionate novel of betrayal is set within a moral framework tempered by Anne's optimistic belief in universal salvation. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is mainly considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels. May Sinclair, in 1913, said that the slamming of Helen's bedroom door against her husband reverberated throughout Victorian England. In escaping from her husband, she violates not only social conventions, but also English law. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast: Gilbert Markham: DublinGothic Mrs. Markham: Anise Rose Markham: Tiffany Halla Colonna Fergus Markham: Max Körlinge Helen Graham: Amanda Friday Master Arthur Huntingdon: Grace Frederick Lawrence: Robert Hoffman Reverend Millward: Martin Geeson Eliza Millward/Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Mary Millward: Charlotte Duckett Jane Wilson: April Gonzales Mrs. Maxwell: Availle Mr. Boarham/Elderly Traveler: Ernst Pattynama Mr. Arthur Huntingdon: Chris Marcellus Annabella Wilmot: Arielle Lipshaw Mr. Maxwell/Servant: Ken Garrett Millicent Hargrave: Kristingj Lord Lowborough/Benson/Coachman: Algy Pug Mr. Grimsby/John/Traveler: Chuck Williamson Ralph Hattersley: Jason Mills Rachel: Bev J. Stevens Walter Hargrave: Noel Badrian Esther Hargrave: Beth Thomas Mrs. Hargrave/Old Woman: Rhonda Federman Audio edited by: Amanda Friday