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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 ]
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 (1936) 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
This includes the historic Yorkshire, with its three divisions, East Riding, West Riding and North Riding; also the post-1972 shire county of North Yorkshire and the metropolitan counties West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire.
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]
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 .
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.
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