Adaptations
The novel was adapted into a 2002 feature film called Possession starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Maud Bailey; Aaron Eckhart as Roland Michell; and Jeremy Northam and Jennifer Ehle as the fictional poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte respectively. The film contains considerable differences from the novel.
The novel was also adapted as a radio play, serialised in 15 parts on BBC Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour' between 19 December 2011 and 6 January 2012, with Jemma Redgrave as Maud, Harry Hadden-Paton as Roland, James D'Arcy as Ash and Rachael Stirling as LaMotte.
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