The Professor

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Charlotte Bronte - The Professor: 2. Freedom

Charlotte Bronte - The Professor

2. Freedom

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Charlotte Bronte - The Professor, 2. Freedom

Eschewing his background, William Crimsworth rejects aid from his mother's family.

Eschewing his aristocratic background, William Crimsworth has rejected aid from his mother's family. Stars Paul Venables.

Eschewing his aristocratic background, Crimsworth has rejected aid from his mother's family and is now working as clerk to his brother. 

But all is not well...

The least-known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, ambiguous and unsettling love story. 

Dramatised by Rachel Joyce.

William Crimsworth ...... Paul Venables
Edward Crimsworth ...... Jonathan Keeble
Lord Tynedale ...... Gerard McDermott
Mrs Crimsworth ...... Ruth Sillers

Director: Tracey Neale

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.

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Dramatisation of Charlotte Bronte's novel about a professor at an all-girl's school

Dramatisation of Charlotte Bronte's novel, published posthumously, about a man who comes to work as a professor at an all-girl's school. With Paul Venables.

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