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Charlotte Bronte’s famous novel:

The distribution of the amazing series "Forsyte Saga" all over the world has brought a more than deserved international prestige to the British channel BBC for the literary adaptations for the television, fame that has built itself afterwards with some other international triumphs of the British public television as: "The Six Wives of Henry VIII", "Elizabeth R", "War and Peace", all these productions (having been) broadcasted by the Spanish RTV. Now a new BBC production is coming to Spain , a new adaptation of a classical work which, like the other series, has been made with the biggest stringency and quality which can already be considered as the brand of the house. It is about the greatest adaptation of "Jane Eyre", Charlotte Bronte's immortal novel which was written by Robin Chapman, a veteran and brilliant collaborator of the BBC who has changed his role partly at least in some of the most popular earlier mentioned productions.

PLOT SUMMARY
The series "Jane Eyre" gathers in its five episodes of almost one hour each, the story of an orphan girl of modest origin who spends her adolescence in a charitable establishment with no good future prospectives till, as an answer to her application, she is employed in the sumptuous residence of Thornfield Hall as a servant. Jane believes she is living a dream when Mr. Rochester confesses his love for her and his wish to make her his wife. But everything seems to be real and it is a beautiful reality which Jane’s illusions revive in after so many years of misery and unhappy life. At the end though, everything collapses when a little after the beginning of the wedding ceremony, when Jane would have became Mrs. Rochester, his present wife, a mad woman appears to put a definitive end to the hope of happiness of the young and poor heroine. Bronte's novel which has engendered numerous radio and television as well as theatrical and for cinema adaptations is a marvelous work of the descriptions and of the narrative style. It is about a theme and a statement which will never lose their importance with the pass of the years and constantly is the source of other new adaptations. A few years ago "Jane Eyre" was adapted for the screen for the North American audience where it was broadcasted with a great success than the producers has decided to distribute it all over the world through the commercial circuits. The actress Susannah York and the famous George C. Scott were encharged to bring to life the main characters of the story. Scott made an excellent Rochester and he received an "Emmy" for his interpretation.

THE ACTORS
In this series, the main characters of the novel are performed by two actors well known in England but almost unknown in Spain . Jane is played by Sorcha Cusack, a young actress who has accomplished a great career on the British stage and who has become one of the most popular actresses on British television especially by means of her interpretation from this series which was broadcasted on the Channel 2 from the BBC. Her activity as an actress is still unknown to us but her acting talent is granted with an undisputable respect knowing the fact that Sorcha is the elder daughter of the one of the most admired actors of the British cinema and theatre: Cyril Cusack , a professional master among the actors. Our readers must remember his acting among many others productions, in movies such as "Farenheit 451" by Truffaut and more recently in “Galileo Galilei” by Liliana Cavani. Sorcha has decided to follow her father’s career as her sister has done it too, the lovely Sinead Cusack who also has been accomplishing a brilliant career as an actress.

Rochester ’s character is played by another exceptional British actor, Michael Jayston who has gained his experience in theatre and has practically performed all of classic and whose popularity in theatre and cinema is an established fact.

Curiously, Michael Jyston is closely attached to our country because it is here where he realized his debut in cinema playing one of the main characters in "Cromwell" on Spanish ground. He knows now an international acknowledgement due to “Nicholas and Alexandra” which was broadcasted in Spain by the producer Sam Spiegel.

After that, Jayston has performed in many remarkable movies such as: “Bequest to the Nation” where he played with Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch, "Follow Me!" with Topol and Mia Farrow and recently “Internecine Project’’ with James Corburn. Jayston who is trying to always alternate in the best way his activity in theatre, television and cinema, has just finished a season with the National British Company and he is preparing to play in another television series "Quiller" , a series inspired by the movie with the same name, a part played some years ago by the popular North American actor George Segal.

Sorcha Cusack and Michael Jayston, are two young and famous actors who revive the immortal and well known characters with a praiseworthy stringency than this new series can be an example of how it should be realized as a television adaptation after a classical work of the universal literature, a work which remains forever present because, after all, the human passions don’t know different fashions and Charlotte Bronte knew to show this in a such a remarkable way in her novel.

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(the original article)

La famosa obra de Charlotte Bronte:

El extraordinario exito de «La saga de los Forsytes en todo el mundo, ptorgo a la BBC britanica un mas que merecido prestigio international, en lo que a adaptaciones literarias a la pequena pantalla se refiere, prestigio que se ha asentado posteriormente con otros triunfos a escala mundial de la television oficial britanica, tales como «Las seis esposas de Enrique VTII», «Elizabeth R» y «Guerra y paz», todas ellas emitidas por Radiotelevision Espanola. Ahora estamos viendo en Espana una nueva produccipn de la BBC, una nueva adaptacion de una obra literaria clasica que, como las anteriores, ha sido realizada con un gran rigor y una calidad que ya puede ser considerada como «marca de la casa». Se trata de la enesima adaptation de «Jane Eyre», la inmortal novela de Charlotte Bronte, que ha sido realizada por Robin Chapman, un veterano y prestigioso colaborador de la BBC, que ha tornado parte, siquiera parcialmente, en algunas de las mas populares producciones anteriormente citadas.

LA HISTORIA
«Jane Eyre» recoge en sus cinco episodios, de casi una hora de duracidn, la historia de la joven cuyo nombre dio tftulo a la novela, una huerfana de procedencia humilde que pasa su adolescencia en una residencia de caridad y cuyas pers-pectivas futuras no son nada hala-giienas hasta que, en respuesta a su solicitud, es empleada en la lujosa residencia de Thornfield Hall, como sirvienta al servicio de los Rochester. Jane cree estar viviendo un sueno cuando mister Rochester le confiesa su amor y sus deseos de convertirla en su esposa, pero todo es verdad, una maravillosa realidad en la que las ilusiones de Jane renacen tras tantos anos de vida miserable y desdichada. Sin embargo, al final, todo se vendrd abajo cuando, pocp despues de iniciada la ceremonia en la que se eonvertira en senora de Rochester, la esposa de este, una mujer per-turbada, hace actq de presencia para acabar definitivamente con las esperanzas de felicidad de la joven y desdichada heroina.
La novela de la Bronte, de la que se nan realizado numerosas versio-nes, tanto radiofdnicas como tea-trales, cinematograficas y televisivas, es un prodigio de description y narrativa. Un tema, un argumento que no pierde actualidad con el paso del tiempo y del que constantemente se estan realizando nue-vas adaptaciones. Hace un par de anos, «Jane Eyre», coincidiendo con la realization de esta serie por la BBC, fue adaptada en una pelicula «de television)) con destine a las pequenas pantallas norteame-ricanas, en las que fue emitida con gran exito, tanto que los produc-tores decidieron distribuirla a tpdo el mundo a traves de los circuitos comerciales. La actriz Susanah York y el prestigioso George C. Scott, fueron los encargados de dar vida en el film a los orincipales personajes de la historia. Scott compuso un excelente Rochester que le valio el ser galardonado con el premio «Emmy» de Interpretation.

LOS INTERPRETES
En la serie, los personajes centrales de la novela estan represen-tados por dos actores que gozan de gran prestigio en Inglaterra, aun-que en Espana son practicamente desconocidos. Jane esta interpretado por Sorcha Cusack, una joven actriz que ha realizado una brillante carrera en los escenarios britanicos y que se ha convertido en una de las actrices mas populares de la television inglesa, precisamente a raiz de su intervention en esta serie emitida en el ano 1973 a traves del Canal 2 de la BBC. Su labor como actriz es desconocida para nosotros hasta ahora, pero un indiscutible aval respecto a su talerto interpretative lo supone el hecho de que Sorcha es la hija mayor de uno de los actores mas admirados del cine y el teatro ingle's: Cyril Cusack, un maestro de actores a quien recordarfn nuestros lectores pop su intervencibn, entre otras mucnas, en las peliculas «Farenheith 451», de Truffaut, y, mas recientemente, en «Galileo, Galilei», de Liliana Cavani. Sorcha ha decidido seguir los pasos de su prestigioso progenitor, asl como su hermana mas pequena, la bella Sinead Cusack, quien tambien esta realizando una brillante carrera como actriz.
El personaje de Rochester esta incorporado por otro brillante actor ingles, Michael Jayston, un hombre formado en el teatro, en el que ha interpretado praeticamente a todos los clasicos y cuya popularidad se asienta ahora en el cine y la television.
Curiosamente, Michael Jayston es un hombre que, como actor, se halla estrechamente vinculado a nuestro pais, ya que fue aqui, entre nosotros, donde realize su debut cinematogriinco, interpretando uno de los personajes protagonistas de la pelicula «Cromwell», rodada en tierras espanolas, asi como la que cpnstituyo su lanzamiento internacional: «Nicolas y Alexandras, que protagonizd en Espana para el productor Sam Spiegel.
Posteriormente, Jayston ha aparecido en numerosas peliculas, en tre las que caben ser destacadas w Legado de un heroes, junto a Glenda Jackson y Peter Pinch; «Sigueme», junto a Topol y Mia Farrow, y, ultimamente. «The internecine projects, junto a James Coburn. Jayston, que sigue alternando siempre que puede su labor en el cine con el teatro y la television, acaba de finalizar una temporada al frente de la Compania Nacional britanica y ahora se dispone a interpretar una nueva serie televisiva, «The Quiller Memorandums, serie basada en la pelicula de igual titulo, prctagonizada hace algunos afios, por el popular actor norte-americano George Segal.
Sorcha Cusack y Michael Jayston, dos jdvenes y brillantes interpretes para unos personajes inmortales presentados con encomiable rigor en esta nueva serie de la BBC, que bien puede tomarse como ejemplo de como debe realizarse una adaptacion televisiva de una obra clasica de la literatura universal, una obra que se mantiene plenamente actual, pcrque, en deflnitiva, las pasiones humanas no entienden de modas y Charlotte Bronte, en su novela, supo reflejarlas admirabiemente.

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