Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys' steamy prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
Dramatisation of Jean Rhys's novel set in 19th-century Jamaica. The tragic story of the first Mrs Rochester from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre centres on an arranged marriage between a white Creole heiress and a brooding Englishman, who fall in love only to be torn apart by rumours, paranoia and a cultural divide.
- Year: 2006
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Studio: BBC Cymru Wales, Kudos
- Keyword: mother, based on novel or book, england, insanity, jamaica, imprisonment, prequel, wedding, madness, attic
- Director: Brendan Maher
- Cast: Rafe Spall, Rebecca Hall, Nina Sosanya, Victoria Hamilton, Lorraine Burroughs, Alex Robertson