Plays

• There's a "new" theatre dramatization of Emma by Michael Fry, which first debuted in London in 1991. The most recent U.S. production has been by the University of Maryland.
• Daniela Guelicher's review of the London production
• Various snippets on the play from UMD
• A review of the UMD production by Kathleen Elder
• MacKaye, Marion (Morse) Mrs. [1872-1939]. Emma, a play by Marion Morse MacKaye (Mrs. Percy MacKaye) founded on Jane Austen's novel. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941.

Live Television Productions

• 1948 - BBC live television broadcast

Dramatized by Judy Campbell
Produced by Michael Barry

 Emma - Judy Campbell

 Mr. Knightley - Ralph Michael

Miss Bates - Gillian Lind

 Mr. Elton - Richard Hurndall<

• 1960 - BBC live television broadcast in six parts

From Averill Craig: I've just across your list of Emma productions and may be able to help a little with some of the cast of the 1960 BBC production, which I remember seeing when I was 15 (I was of course in love with Paul Daneman). I think it must have been shot more or less live too, or at least without much retaking, because I can clearly picture Emma's hat gradually falling off during the proposal scene.

My memory for trivia, once excellent, seems to be deserting me as I can't remember all the cast, but the actor who played Mr. Woodhouse was definitely Leslie French (he was excellent too). Mrs. Elton was played by Georgina Hale a bit old perhaps, but very good. Frank Churchill was an early part for David McCullum (McCallum ? spelling), who was later much more famous for playing in "The Man from Uncle". Harriet Smith was Petronella somebody - it may come to me. I can picture Jane Fairfax, but the name escapes me - sorry about that.

By the way the BBC did a production of Persuasion a couple of years later also starring Paul Daneman, this time as Captain Wentworth (swoon), and Daphne Slater played Anne.

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Dramatized by Vincent Tilsley
Produced by Campbell Logan

 Emma - Diana Fairfax

 Mr. Knightley - Paul Daneman

 Miss Bates - Gillian Lind

 Frank Churchill - David McCallum

 Mr. Elton - Raymond Young

 Mrs. Elton - Georgina Hale

 Mr. Woodhouse - Leslie French
 
 

BBC Radio Versions

• 1948 - 12 parts. BBC Home Service. 4 April, 1948 - 20 June, 1948

 

 

Dramatized by H. Oldfield Box
Produced by Wilfred Grantham

 Emma - Rachel Gurney

 Mr Knightley - Cecil Winter

 Miss Bates - Betty Hardy

 Mr Elton - Basil Jones

• 1951 - 15 parts. BBC Light Program. 9 April, 1951 - 27 April, 1951

Abridged by Ursula Wood
Read by Julia Lang

• 1970 - 13 parts. BBC Radio. 4 January, 1970 - 29 March, 1970

Dramatized by John Tydeman
Produced by John Tydeman

 Jane Austen - Rachel Gurney

 Emma - Suzanne Neve

 Mr Knightley - Simon Lack

 Miss Bates - Betty Hardy

 Mr Elton - David Brierley

Other Versions

• 1989 - Running Time 5 hours, 15 minutes. BBC Audio Drama.

Dramatized by John Tydeman
Directed by Brian Miller

Jane Austen - Jean Trend

 Emma Woodhouse - Angharad Rees

 Mr. Knightley - Alan Moore

 Mr Woodhouse - Peter Tuddenham

 Miss Bates - Constance Chapman (She was in Emma1 too!)

 Frank Churchill - Graham Callan

 Jane Fairfax - Deborah Paige

 Harriet Smith - Juliet Waley

 Mrs Weston - Ingrid Hafner

 Mr Weston - Edward Cast

 John Knightley - Tim Meats

 Isabella - Margo Cunn

 Mr. Elton - Michael Drew

 Mrs Elton - Maev Alexander

 Mrs Cole - Elizabeth Havelock
 
 

Christopher Northam (piano)