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Charlotte Bronté's classic novel Jane Eyre is one of the
best-loved of all the Victorian novels. It combines social commentary
with gothic romance - and there is plenty of Derbyshire to see in
Zeffirelli's treatment. |
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Charlotte
Bronté's Jane Eyre was written more than 150 years ago.
Jane Eyre was originally considered by some critics to be 'coarse'
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When Franco
Zeffirelli decided to embark on another classic novel, he chose Italy
and Derbyshire to do the location shooting.
But Charlotte Bronté had already laid the foundations for this
when she stayed at Hathersage, in the north-east of Derbyshire,
in 1845.
Bronté spent two weeks in the vicarage. During that time she
renamed the village 'Morton' for the purposes of her novel and decided
on the surname, Eyre, having seen the name on a head stone whilst
wandering around the local graveyard.
She wrote: "There are great moors behind and on each hand of
me; there are waves of mountains far beyond that deep valley at my
feet."
Where else could she be talking about but Derbyshire?!
Large sections of this two-hour classic were shot at Haddon Hall,
near Bakewell.
It has been described as the most romantic house in England and was
chosen by Zefferelli as the location for Mr Rochester's Thornfield.
But the film crew had to temporarily add a false roof and tall chimney
to the building to bring it into line with the Italian director's
own interpretation of what was "authentically English"
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After
the fire at 'Thornfield', Zeffirelli used Wingfield Manor.
It's ruinous state lent itself perfectly to the aftermath of a blaze.
The filming brought a plethora of stars with it: Charlotte Gainsbourg,
William Hurt, Joan Plowright, Anna Paquin, Geraldine Chaplin and Elle
Macpherson were among the many names involved.
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