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South Riding is a novel by Winifred Holtby, published posthumously in 1936. The book is set in the fictional South Riding of Yorkshire: the inspiration being the East Riding rather than the modern South Yorkshire; Holtby's mother, Alice, was the first alderwoman on the East Riding County Council. [1]
Winifred Holtby (23 June 1898 – 29 September 1935) was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936. Biography [ edit ]
South Riding has several meanings: South Riding, a book from 1936 by Winifred Holtby, featuring a fictional South Riding of Yorkshire; South Riding, a film from 1938 based on the novel; South Riding, a thirteen-part ITV TV series from 1974 based on the novel; South Riding (2011 TV series), a three-part BBC TV miniseries from 2011 based on the novel
South Riding is a BBC serial in three parts from 2011, based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. It is directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and written by Andrew Davies. It stars Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, Peter Firth, Douglas Henshall, Penelope Wilton and John Henshaw.
South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd. [1] It was the film debut of a 14-year-old Glynis Johns. [2] It is based on the 1936 novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. The BBC produced a TV adaptation in 2011. [3]
Winifred Holtby's 1936 novel South Riding and its adaptations were set in a fictional fourth riding. The title of the novel trilogy Red Riding by David Peace, set in Yorkshire, is a play on the word. The Yorkshire Ridings Society calls for wider recognition of the historic borders of Yorkshire.
Winifred Holtby Academy (previously Bransholme High School, Winifred Holtby School, Winifred Holtby Technology College) is a coeducational secondary school located in the Bransholme area of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
In February 2011 she played Sarah Burton in a three-part BBC adaptation of Winifred Holtby's novel South Riding. [13] On 12 July 2011, she played Kay Langrish in a BBC Two dramatisation of The Night Watch. [14] [15] Beginning in September 2012, she starred in the drama mini-series The Bletchley Circle (2012–2014). [7]