APPENDIX 3 Wuthering Heights Script

Cathy Hindley : Its him, its dad. Hes here : Thatll be him now, Nelly

Earnshaw : Here Nelly : About time,Ive been worried

Earnshaw : Good lad Cathy : Dad! Ive been waiting for you. Have you got my things? Have you got my whip?

Earnshaw : Easy, Cathy, Hold on Cathy : Did you get my whip?

Earnshaw : Slow down. Cathy Nelly : Where have you been? : There you are, sir

Earnshaw : Joseph Joseph Nelly Joseph : Mr Earnshaw, sir. We were worried, what with tweather. : youre soaked through. Come and sit by tfire : Get yourself warmed up, sir

Earnshaw : Hold on. Ive got a surprise for you Earnshaw : Shouts, leave him. Painting, I found him in the street. Well, he had no one. So I thought Hindley : What?

Earnshaw : It was the Christian thing to do. Say hello Cathy : (Spits) Fairydog!

Earnshaw : Shame on you, Catherine Earnshaw! Go on! Earnshaw : Nelly, can you clean him up?

Hindley Nelly

: Let go! No. : Give me the jacket.

Heathcliff : Just fuck off, fairydog. Nelly : You ungrateful little.

Earnshaw : Sleep well? move Cathy : are you hurt? Can you understand me? Come, come on. Come on! Thats a hen harrier. Thats a Moorcock. Thats a lapwing, my favorite. You say it. Lapwing.

Heathcliff : Lapkwing. Lapwing Pastor : For I will take you from among the heathen and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you and he shall be clean. From all your filthiness and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. And what will be his name?

Earnshaw : Heathcliff. Pastor : Heathcliff, do you reject Satan? Come on

Earnshaw : No, lad. Dont struggle, now. Be still. Hey, Heathcliff. Heathcliff! Cathy? Cathy! Cathy?! Cathy : Hes gone (singing) Hi! Says the mourning dove. Ill tell you how to gain her love. Court her night and court her day. Never give her time to say O nay. Close your eyes. Come on, its nice. Open your mouth. (singing) Hi says the swallow.. : Heathens.

Joseph

Earnshaw : God forgive you both. Eh? Cathy : But we didnt

Earnshaw : Get to your room and shut up! I dont want to see you again tonight! Steady! Come on. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey. Steady. Which one would you like, Heathcliff? Eh? You need your own. The grey. Excellent. Hindley, you can have the other. Cathy : Come on Heathcliff. Come on. Theres something wrong. I think hes lame. Where you going?

Heathcliff : Give me your horse. Hindley : Fuck off, you dog.

Heathcliff : Want me to show him what you do? Ill tell him Hindley : Take my horse, then, you damn gypsy. I hope it breaks your neck and kicks your fucking brains brains out. : Let me see. Im sorry.

Cathy

Earnshaw : you know, Ive tried to teach you. Tried to show you how to be good Christian. Id hoped youd have treated him like he was your brother. Hindley : hes not my brother, hes a nigger.

Earnshaw : You leave me no option, lad. Hold your hand out. Hand out! Out! Now get out of me sight. I hope you dont feel pleasure at this. Hey, look at me. Joseph. Come here! Joseph : Here we rae, lad.

Earnshaw : Give it here. Grab that. Nelly : Look after yourself, Hindley.

Earnshaw : An educationll be the making of you, lad. Carriage driver : Go on. Take care, sir. Joseph : Safe journey, lad.

Carriage driver : In you get. Nelly Cathy Joseph Cathy : Bye, Hindley. : Bye, Hindley. : Mind how you go. : Ow! Dad!

Earnshaw : Cathy! Bad child. How can I love you? I regret the day that you were born. Go on, both of you. Go and get of those wet clothes. Hey! And ask God to forgive you both. Sing for us, Cathy. Cathy : (singing) In Scarlet Town, where I was born. There was a fair maid dwellin. Made every youth cry well-a-day. Her name was Barbara Allen. It was all in the merry month of May. When green buds they

were swellin. Young Willy Grove on his deathbed lay. For the love of Barbara Allen. He send his men unto her then. To the place where she was dwellin. You must come to my master quick. If your name Barbara Allen. Earnshaw : Why cant you always be such a good lass, Cathy? Cathy : Why cant you always be such a good man, father? In scarlet Town, where I was born. There was a fair maid dwellin. : What the devil were that? : Go see to it, Heathcliff. : Just go! Go and fetch the doctor! Will you just go now, woman?! Right, Cathy. Come on, out! Come on! : No, Im not leaving my dad! : Cathy! Cathy, get upstairs, will you? : No! No! No! : Heathcliff! Take Cathy upstairs! Now! : Let me see my dad! Its Hindley. Hes got someone with him. Hello, Hindley. : Hey, good girl. : Youre home. Whos her? : Here we are, love. : Wellwelcome home, sir. : Joseph, meet my wife, Frances. : Pleasure to meet you, madam. : Hello, Joseph. : You must both be cold and hungry after that, so lets get you inside. : This is my sister, Cathy. : Nice to meet you. Whos this Hindley? : Heathcliff. Come and help with th bags. Take em in.

Joseph Nelly Joseph

Cathy Joseph Cathy Joseph Cathy

Hindley Cathy Hindley Joseph Hindley Joseph Frances Joseph Hindley Frances Hindley

Cathy Hindley Frances Hindley Cathy Hindley Frances Hindley Frances Hindley

: Hindley! : Dont start, Cathy. Im in charge now. : come on, lets go in. : Did you hear me? : Dont be so hateful, Hindley. : Your choice, nigger. Work or leave. : Cathy : Come on, choose. Im waiting. : come on, Cathy. Lets go inside. : Get the trunk. When youve done that, get your stuff and move in with the animals where you belong. : youre a fucking idiot, Hindley. : Things are gonna change round here. : He shall cover tree with his feathers and under his wings shalt thou trust. Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, not by the arrow that flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction : I think theyre the new people. : How do? Afternoon. : Is that the young black Earnshaw found in Liverpool? : Might make some improvements. : Still got trees to pull up them? : Outside : Bring this place up to date : Aye, it needs it : Thatll do, Heathcliff. Heathcliff : Heathcliff! Heathcliff!

Cathy Hindley Pastor

Cathy (Man) (Man 1) Hindley (Man 1) (Man 2) Hindley (Man 2) Hindley Cathy

Joseph

: Heathcliff!

Heathcliff : Im done here. Cathy Joseph : Come on! : The two of you will go to hell!

Heathcliff : See you there, Joseph. Joseph Cathy Joseph Cathy : Useless, he is : Quick : Good for nothing! : You eat like a pig. Ow! No, its not his fault, I made him stop working! Hindley, hes our brother! : Dont be stupid, look at him. : stop it! : Cathy, go away! : You get off me! Get of me! : YouNo! no! You know if our dad were still here, hed see what a hateful bastard you are and hed be ashamed of you! Leave him alone! : Even the animals work round here. Youre here to work! Youll work! : You OK, my love? : Let me see your back. Isnt that where the new people live, there? That big house? Race you there. Come on. : Its my dog : Its ours. : Its my dog. Get off him!

Hindley Cathy Joseph Cathy Cathy

Joseph

Hindley Cathy

Isabella Edgar Isabella

Heathcliff : What idiots. Edgar Cathy : Father! : Somebodys got me! Run!

Heathcliff : Cathy! Get off! Skulker, get away! Go on, get away! Get away! Get out! Go on! Get out! Come on, lass Robert : Cathy!

Mr Linton : Robert Robert : Skulkers had a lass, sir. Theres a lad here too, a right out-and-outer.

Mr Linton : Just the boy. We should hang you now, before you get any older. Do the county a favour. Heathcliff : Fuck you all, counts. Edgar Mrs Linton : Its Cathy Earncshaw. : I Heard her brother lets her run wild.

Mr Linton : And youre the boy Earnshaw from Liverpool. The little lascar. The stowaway. Mrs linton : That makes sense. Did you hear his language? Heathcliff : You set the dog on us. Stupid whore. Mr Linton : Robert, throw him out. And send someone to fetch Dr Kenneth. Girls, fetch sime water.. Heathcliff : Cathy! Mr Linton : and brandy. Robert : Get out!

Mrs Linton : Would you like one? Robert Hindley Nelly Hindley : How do, Kenneth? : Go on. : Hindleys looking for you. : Heathcliff! I should beat you. When Cathy comes home, you are not to speak to her. Is that clear? If I see you talking to her without my permission, you will be told to leave. : Hindley, I need you. You know, I think its good that Cathys to go stay with the Lintons. Itll do her good. : I prefer the moorcock.

Frances

Edgar

Cathy

: Ive got a big collection of it at home and Ive got lots of lapwing feathers. : Youd like it at the Heights. Its different to here though. : (singing) Slowly, slowly she came up and slowly she came nigh him. and all she said when there she came. Young man I think youre dying. He turned his face into the wall.. : Joseph : Look at you! How smart! Joseph, grab the reins. What a wonderful dress. We hardly recognized you. : Ive got him, Ive got him. : Hold him while I get down. : Ive got him. : Been quiet round here without you. Come on, lets get you in. : Cathy! Look at you! Youre a beauty. : Hindley! : Dont she look well? : Cathy, I love this dress. : Isabella gave it to me : Arent you lucky? I said a stay at the Lintons would do her good. : Wheres Heathcliff? Where is he? : Hes someone. I saw him earlier. Tea, anyone? : Yes, please. : Heathcliff! : Gods sake. : Arent you pleased to see me?

Edgar Cathy

Nelly Nelly

Joseph Cathy Joseph Nelly Hindley Cathy Nelly Frances Cathy Frances Cathy Nelly Cathy Cathy Hindley Cathy

Heathcliff : Are you laughing at me? Cathy : didnt mean to laugh. All you have to do is wash and clean up and you wont look so bad. You do look dirty.

Heathcliff : You didnt have to touch me. Cathy : Heathcliff?

Heathcliff : I like being dirty. Nelly : I can help make you look smart, if you like. If you come now, I can sort you out before dinner.

Heathcliff : I want to be good. Can you clean me up? Nelly : Thats more like it. The Linltons are coming today. Well have to get you clean like that Edgar. Let me see. Look at you. Youre a prince. I bet your mother was an African queen and your father a Chinese emperor. I think somebody must have kidnapped you and brought you to England. : Hello, Edgar. Hello, Isabella. : Hello : So you got here all right, then? : Yes : Just need a hand. Weve got some barrels. : There we go. : Nellys been cooking all morning. You do like goose, dont you? : Goose, my favourite. : Right, its this way. Come on. That look nice, Nelly. You sit there. : Look at this. This look nice. : well, look at you, Heathcliff. : Get out! : Look at him, hes all dressed up like a little circus monkey. : No! Heathcliff : Get out! : Heathcliff!

Cathy Isabella Cathy Isabella Edgar Joseph Cathy Edgar Cathy Edgar Cathy Hindley Edgar Cathy Hindley Nelly

Cathy

: You idiot. You should have just spoken to him. Hell be beaten now. I hate it when hes beaten. Get off him! Hindley! No! stop it, Hindley! Off him, Hindley. Heathcliff. : Oi! Whats going on? Whats he done now? : Take him in. I dont want to see him. Lock him up. : Get up, lad. Get up! : Come on. Here we are. : Heathcliff? Can you hear? The bands here. Are you hurt? : (singing) The sun shining brightly, cold frost in the air. I went into the forest some flowers to find there. And there I did pick my love a posy. : He should be back now. : O I loved a lass and I loved her so well. I hated all others who spoke of her ill. But now shes rewarded me well for my love. For shes gone and shes married another. : Nelly! Nelly, come quick! The babys coming! : Tell Hindley. And get Dr Kenneth. Quick! : OH, its coming, its coming! I cant : Thats it. Just breathe. : Push. Its coming, its coming. I can see its head. : (singing) Blessed be the name of the lord. I will keep my mouth, as it were a bridle. While the ungodly was in my sight, I held my tongue and spake nothing. I keep silence, even from good words, but it was pain and grief to me. My heart was hot within me, and while I was musing the fire kindled. At last I spoke with my tongue. Lord, let me know mine end and the number of my days. : Breathe in. Stand still. Thats a good girl. : Do I look nice, Nelly? : Lovely. Hold still.

Joseph Hindley Joseph Joseph Cathy (Man)

Frances (Man)

Cathy Nelly Frances Nelly Nelly (Man)

Nelly Cathy Nelly

Heathcliff : Are you going anywhere?

Cathy

: Its raining

Heathcliff : Why you wearing that, then? Cathy : Arent you supposed to be working?

Heathcliff : No Cathy : Joseph will tell.

Heathcliff : He will never know. Hes not here. Cathy Nelly Cathy : Nelly, youre brushing all the curls out my hair. : Up you come. Oh! : What were you saying?

Heathcliff : You spend more time with them than me. Cathy : As if Id notice.

Heathcliff : I notice. Cathy : You never have anything to say. May as well play with the baby.

Heathcliff : You never complained before. Edgar Cathy : Ive not come too soon, have I? : No. Edgar? Please dont go. Please, come back in! Please come back. Just come back in. Please. : Its all right. (singing) The cuckoo is pretty bird. She sings as she flies. She bringeth good tidings. And she telleth no lies. O, our meeting is a pleasure. And the parting a grief. An inconsistent lover. Is worse than a thief. A thief can but rob me. Of all that I have. An inconsistent lover. Will bring me to the grave. The grave it will receive me. And bring me to dust. An inconsistent lover. No maiden can trust. : Can you keep a secret? : I dont like secrets. : Edgars asked me to marry him. I said yes. Did I do wrong? : Do you love him? : I do. Hes handsome, cheerful and rich . and he loves me.

Nelly

Cathy Nelly Cathy Nelly Cathy

Nelly Cathy

: Then why are you so unhappy? : Here and here. Wherever t souls live, I feel Im wrong. If only Hindley didnt bring Heathcliff so low, I wouldnt even think of marrying Edgar. But now it would degrade me to marry Heathcliff. And he will never know how much I love him. Not because hes good looking, but because hes more myself than I am. : Heathcliff! Heathcliff!

Cathy

Heathcliff : Uh! Is Cathy here? Hindley : What the fuck?

Heathcliff : Is she here? Hindley Nelly : She married Linton. Where you stopping? Ive got a room for cheap. : (singing) Little son, pray come tell me. Ill save her the grief. And Ill save her the pain. And Ill take her for company.

Heathcliff : Nelly. Nelly : Heathcliff! Is it you?

Heathcliff : Is she here? Nelly : Shes the lady of the house now. Edgars parent are long dead.

Heathcliff : Go on and tell her someone wants to see her. Nelly : We wondered what had happened to you.

Heathcliff : Nelly..please. Nelly Edgar Cathy : All right, all right, all right. : Cathy! Bring the person in, then, love! : Hold on, Ill go tell him. I know you dont like him but you must be friends with him now for my sake. : Try to behave. The whole household need not see you welcome a runaway servant as a brother. Please, sit down. Ill ask them to bring the tea through. Nelly?

Edgar

Cathy

: I wont believe this tomorrow. How I saw you and touched you spoke to you. How could you not think of me all this time?

Heathcliff : You thought of me too, it seems. Id just heard you got married. My plan was to see you face, get revenge on Hindley and then kill myself. But I have changed my mind. Ill never leave you, ever again. My life has been bitter since I last heard your voice. I kept going on you. Edgar : Are we to let the tea go cold, then, Cathy? Cathy? Will you stay for tea, Mr Heathcliff? Mr Heathcliff?

Heathcliff : Yes Mr Linton. Thank you, I will. Cathy : So where will you stay?

Heathcliff : Hindley offered me a room, Ill take it. Cathy Edgar Cathy (Man 1) (Man 2) (Man 1) Hareton Hindley : Ill come tomorrow then. : Cathy? Dont catch cold now. : Good night. : Go on. Go on. : You must think Im as daft as a turnip. : Go on. Get that card up your sleeve. Is that your last one in, right? : Oi! Get off! Get off! Fuck off. You idiot! : Youve done well for yourself. By murdering and thieving, no doubt. Your only skills. Im gonna need the rent in advance. : Hiya, Joseph. Im staying long. Just go and get Heathcliff for us. : Heathcliff!

Cathy Joseph

Heathcliff : Ill need receipts. Mrs Linton. Cathy Isabella : Dont. You remember Isabella? Edgars idea. : Hello, Heathcliff.

Heathcliff : Isabella. Isabella Cathy : Its been a while. : Shall we go? Isabella, will you stay with the horse? I want to show Heathcliff something.

Isabella Cathy

: Heathcliff, help me down. Thank you. : Black, black, black. Is the colour of my true loves hair. Her lips are like a rose so fair. And the prettiest face and neatest hands. I love. The grass whereon she stands. She with the wondrous hair.... : How could you have left this? How could you have left me? : Can we go now? Its starting to rain. : were just coming. : Again : I need another card. Come on! Come on. : Nelly! : Is this wise?

Cathy Isabella Cathy (Man1) (Man 2) Servant Nelly

Heathcliff : Will you please let her know Im here. Nelly Cathy : Life was just fine before you came back. : Heathcliff, I thought I heard your voice. Come in, Ill just go get my stuff. : Cathy, dont run! : Hello. You must have some stories to tell.

Nelly Isabella

Heathcliff : Stories? Isabella : Well, youve been gona a while. You changed. We were all wondering.

Heathcliff : There is no nothing I want to remember. Isabella : Come on, youre being modest.

Heathcliff : I am not. Cathy Edgar Cathy Edgar : Im ready. Thank you. : Are you going out again? : Yes : Please be careful.

Cathy Edgar Isabella Cathy Isabella

: I will : Take Isabella with you : Yes, Id love to join you : Of course. Shes welcome. : Maybe you can persuade Heathcliff to tell us his adventure, Catherine. : Stop bothering him with all these questions, Isabella. Youve not said much, its true.

Cathy

Heathcliff : Its gone. Theres only now. Isabella Cathy : Well, maybe Catherine can share news instead. : Isabella

Heathcliff : What news? Cathy : Nothing. Its not important. You are just the person we need to thaw the ice. Isabella likes you more than me, it seems. Dont go! : Heathcliff, could you ask Cathy to let me go? : Shes not eaten in two days. Shes love sick. Ah! What a tiger.

Isabella Cathy

Heathcliff : Were you telling the truth? Cathy Hindley : What do you think? : I need more money.

Heathcliff : My rents paid for a year. Hindley : I need more.

Heathcliff : You can have whatever you want. But Ill need something in return. Hindley : Take whatever you want. You always wor a thieving nigger.

Heathcliff : Isabella? Isabella : I should go in.

Heathcliff : Is it true? Isabella : Ah! I should go now.

Cathy

: What are you thinking?

Heathcliff : Whats matter to you? Youve no right to be jealous. Im not your husband. Cathy : Do you like her?

Heathcliff : Youve treated me so badly, Cathy. You think you can be nice and everything will be OK. Cathy Edgar Cathy Edgar : What do you mean? I aint treated you badly. : Whats going on? : Nothing : I put up with you coming here because my wife likes you. No more, please get out.

Heathcliff : What taste you have, Cathy. You prefer this shivering coward over a man like me. Edgar Cathy Edgar Cathy : Enough. This cant go on. You have to choose, Cathy. Him or me. : Your veins are full of ice, Edgar. : Robert! : You best go.

Heathcliff : Come with me. Ill raise the child as my own. Cathy : Dont

Heathcliff : Joseph Joseph : Its true then. You are married. Lord bless us. Lord forgive us.

Heathcliff : Come on Isabella Hareton : hello Hareton. Shall we be friends? : Frame off or Ill set me dog on you.

Heathcliff : Joseph. What news of Cathy these last weeks? Joseph : Shes paying for her wickedness. God has passed judgement.

Heathcliff : Is she sick?

Joseph

: Since you left. Weeks of fever and delirium. Brought on herself, Nelly says. : Heathcliff : Is she dead yet? Get off! Get off! No! get off!

Cathy Isabella

Heathcliff : Cathy. You and Edgar have broken my heart. You killed me. Will you be happy when I am in the earth? Will you forget me? Heathcliff : dont torture me! I have not killed you. I could no more forget you than myself. When youre at piece. I shall be in hell. Cathy : I will never be at peace. Dont go. Come back. Dont be mad.

Heathcliff : Cathy. Cathy. Help her. Edgar : Oh Cathy. Cathy, my love. Wake up. Can you hear me? Wake up. Look at me. Cathy look at me.

Heathcliff : Shes dead, Isnt she? Nelly : Yes. Senses never returned since you left. May she wake kindly in the other world.

Heathcliff : May she wake in agony. Aagh! Dont leave me here where I cant find you. Leave me alone. Leave me alone! Isabella : It will all be over by now.

Heathcliff : Cathy. Open the door! Isabella : Hindley said hell kill you if I let you in.

Heathcliff : Ill kill you both if you dont! Isabella : Heathcliff, if I were you, Id stretch myself over Cathys grave and die like a dog! Life cant be worth living for you now, can it?

Heathcliff : Yah! Isabella : Stop it! Get off! Stop! Get off! Cathy would still be alive if it wasnt for you. I hate you! : This all seems to be in order. Like youre the legal owner of the farm, Mr Heathcliff. Good day, Mr Heathcliff.

Mr green