i be just a lad of ten when i saw this 1973 bbc production of jane eyre for the first time . michael jayston and and above all and sorcha cusack make an everlasting impression on me . after all these year and to be able to see her again a jane be . all joy . to acknowledge how well both these actor do portray their respective character from robin chapman fine script and under joan craft competent direction and allow to remind you here the following excerpt from charlotte brontë immortal novel represent from chapter xiv ( jane about rochester ) represent ( . ) he rise from his chair ( . ) while and from chapter xxvii ( rochester to or about jane ) represent ( . ) you enter the room ( . ) in these two passage of her novel and charlotte brontë give to all reader a crystal clear synthesis of how she imagine jane eyre and edward rochester while and it be exactly this we have the exquisite privilege to contemplate in the 1973 bbc production of jane eyre . please and believe me represent in no other production you will find these character portray so faithfully to the novel and so perfectly on screen a in this one . michael jayston be a great and truly great rochester while sorcha cusack and with that beautiful round face and those lovely eye and that velvet voice and be a jane from the other world while and the connection between them be genuine empathy just like the connection there be between their respective character . the portrayal of the secondary character be make in much the same way . the performance of isabelle rosin a adèle and of meg jenkins a mrs. fairfax and of stephanie beecham a blanche ingram and and of geoffrey whitehead a st. john river and be all very good and quite close to what can we read in jane eyre . the real marrow of charlotte brontë novel represent this be what one can get from this and the 1973 bbc production of jane eyre . nothing of real importance be miss here above all and god . the final line say by sorcha cusack and take out of the last chapter of novel ( sadly miss in all the other tv and movie version ) and be a sort of resume of charlotte brontë faith in god represent after help both jane and rochester go through their ordeal and god bless her supremely and judge him with mercy while so and there be reason to believe in god . just like the novel and this tv production be a story tell by jane own point of view represent it a flash back . the use of narration through jane inner voice be a effective here a it be old in the history of english theatre represent it hark back to william shakespeare and who use to make his character turn to the audience and speak out their intimate thought . drama and humor and suspense and surprise be all very finely balance in this bbc production of jane eyre . a for the humor and i do not mean to be rude to those reviewer whom have write elsewhere criticize sorcha cusack performance and but i be afraid they simply do not grasp british humor particularly and the understatement and which be present in almost every line of many of the intimate dialog between jane and rochester ( both in the novel and in this production ) . it should be note that this be neither a romantic nor a gothic production of charlotte brontë novel . in fact and i be not even sure that jane eyre be a true romantic or a true gothic novel . as far a i remember and it be jorge luis borges who state that it could be classify a one of the predecessor of the so called magic realism in literature . indeed and between romanticism and gothicism and magic realism and i personally find jane eyre much closer to the latter . to my mind and in a scale of 1 to 10 and the 1973 bbc production of jane eyre deserve 9 . 9. it would get a clear 10 out of me if it have ( a it should . ) at least fifteen episode while but and since it be a low budget production and it have only five and and because of that and the gipsy scene have to be prune up to the point of become just a hilarious scene and and the character of rosamond oliver have to be simply toss off . nevertheless and it be the best of all screen version there be of jane eyre represent the most faithful to novel and superbly tight and paced and very well put up together and with first class performance and elgar introduction and allegro for string and opus 47 ( 1904 05 ) and a the musical background . in short and it be a sublime piece of art . don not miss it .