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Wuthering Heights: Competition Version

adapted by Laramie Dean from Emily Brontë

Competition Length Version!

In this bold, visceral reimagining of Emily Brontë’s Gothic masterpiece, the boundaries between past and present, memory and madness, completely dissolve.

What is the story of Cathy and Heathcliff’s terrifying love? What is the truth behind the curse they hurled at each other? The curse remains, waiting for you.

This play offers an amazing challenge for advanced actors and a wonderful ensemble opportunity. Choose it for your next competition piece!

Drama Character Study Classical Adaptation

Also available in a one-act version here.

Recommended for High Schools

At a Glance

Running Time
About 35 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
8 Characters
4 M 3 F 1 Any Gender
Plus Chorus of approximately 10
Set
Simple Set, Multiple Set, Opportunity for Spectacle
Length
32 pages
Free Excerpt

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Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

8 Characters

  • 4 Males
  • 3 Females
  • 1 Any Gender
  • Plus Chorus of approximately 10

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

  • CATHY 90 lines
    Female A wild young woman who grows up at Wuthering Heights.
  • HEATHCLIFF 72 lines
    Male A wild young man brought to Wuthering Heights as a child.
  • CHORUS LEADER 22 lines
    Any gender Helps to create Wuthering Heights. Greedy.
  • THE WUTHERING CHORUS 11 lines
    Any gender (Approximately 10 performers) Helps the Chorus Leader.
  • NELLY 51 lines
    Female A servant at Wuthering Heights.
  • LOCKWOOD 57 lines
    Male A tenant of Heathcliff’s, renting Thrushcross Grange.
  • ISABELLA 4 lines
    Female A proper young woman who grows up at Thrushcross Grange. Edgar’s sister.
  • HINDLEY 9 lines
    Male Cathy’s brother, who despises Heathcliff.
  • EDGAR 9 lines
    Male A proper young man who grows up at Thrushcross Grange. Isabella’s brother.

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