EXCLUSIVE: Audible is delving into the backstory of literature’s most infamous romantic anti-hero in audio drama Heathcliff, with Daryl McCormack in the title role.
The star (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) has just wrapped filming on Dolly Alderton’s Pride & Prejudice, and Heathcliff will bow on Audible next February. The team behind it promised a “feverish re-imagining of literature’s most infamous romantic villain .”
The Emily Brontë classic ‘Wuthering Heights‘ is the inspiration for the drama, which is penned by Gracie Oddie-James. She is also in the cast, alongside Arinzé Kene (The Pass), Charlie Rowe (Slow Horses), Sagar Radia (Industry), Raffey Cassidy (The Brutalist) and Tanya Moodie (Silo).
The Heathcliff audio production will depict how the man generations of readers know from the novel came to be. Per the synopsis: Before his descent into revenge, there were three missing years; a time of possibility, freedom and a different kind of love.
“This original story follows him on his missing years and his journey of self-discovery and internal redemption, which I think will allow the listener to have compassion for him despite his flaws,” McCormack said. “He truly is the epitome of an anti-hero, and in our Heathcliff, I think your heart may break for him.”
Brock Media is producing the Audible Original. BAFTA nominee Sarah Brocklehurst (The Outrun) exec produces, with Nicole Davis producing alongside Audible. The project reunites the same team that created Audible’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ earlier this year.
“We know that Audible listeners around the world love classic literature and ‘Wuthering Heights’ needs no introduction,” Aurelie de Troyer, Head of Regional Content Europe, Audible. “Heathcliff is such an iconic character and by exploring his roots, and those three missing years, we’re excited to give listeners a different perspective on his story.”
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