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Woman's Hour Drama: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

15 Minute Drama: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Episode 2: A Snake in the Grass

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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Episode 2: A Snake in the Grass

A Snake in the Grass

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, A Snake in the Grass

Questions are being asked about the past of Helen Graham, the new tenant.

Questions are being asked about the past of Helen Graham, the mysterious and reclusive new tenant.

By Anne Bronte

Dramatised by Rachel Joyce

Episode 2. A Snake in the Grass

Helen Graham is the mysterious and striking new tenant of the dilapidated Wildfell Hall. As gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham becomes more and more powerfully drawn to this enigmatic "widow" he finds that her unconventionally independent life disguises a turbulent and painful past.

Gilbert Markham - Robert Lonsdale
Helen Graham - Hattie Morahan
Mrs. Markham - Carolyn Pickles
Rose - Leah Brotherhead
Mr. Lawrence - Carl Prekopp
Eliza - Victoria Inez Hardy
Arthur - Samuel Bridger

Director: David Hunter.

15 Minute Drama: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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By Anne Bronte. Gilbert Markham becomes powerfully drawn to enigmatic widow Helen Graham

By Anne Bronte. Gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham becomes powerfully drawn to enigmatic widow Helen Graham, whose unconventionally independent life disguises a turbulent and painful past

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