A NATIONAL THEATRE, WISE CHILDREN, BRISTOL OLD VIC AND YORK THEATRE ROYAL CO-PRODUCTION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATER
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY Emily Brontë
ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY Emma Rice
In a production shot through with music, dance, passion, and hope, Emma Rice (Brief Encounter, Tristan & Yseult) transforms Emily Brontë’s masterpiece into an intoxicating story of revenge for our time. Rescued from the Liverpool docks as a child, Heathcliff is taken to live at Wuthering Heights, where he finds a kindred spirit in Catherine, and a fierce love ignites. When they are forced apart, a brutal chain of events is unleashed.