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DIRECTOR: Autumn de WildePRODUCER: Tim BevanEric FellnerGraham BroadbentPete CzerninEMMAWritten byEleanor CattonBased on the novel byJane Austen

1.2.Act One1EXT. HARTFIELD - JUST BEFORE DAWNMiss Taylor opens the door. Emma holds out a gift: thebouquet of hothouse flowers. It’s exquisite.1Dear Emma.Sunrise over Hartfield, a handsome country house in Sussex.2INT. HARTFIELD HOTHOUSE - JUST BEFORE DAWNEMMA(sincerely)You have been a friend andcompanion such as few possess. Agoverness in office, but littleshort of a mother in affection. Iwish you every happiness.2The Hartfield hothouse is an explosion of exotic colour:scarlet, vermillion, vivid blues and purples and pinks.EMMA WOODHOUSE, 21, an intelligent, spirited, self-satisfiedyoung woman, is moving through the flowers, choosing thechoicest blooms for a bouquet.They smile at each other. It’s a tender moment, butMR WOODHOUSE (V.O.)Poor Miss Taylor!An eager young manservant, BARTHOLOMEW, holds a lantern. Emmahas got him out of bed and he is struggling to stay awake.EMMANot that one!Her MAIDSERVANT had been about to cut the wrong flowerThe next.EMMA (CONT’D)The maidservant adjusts the secateurs and makes the cut.33INT. HARTFIELD, MISS TAYLOR’S ROOM / UPPER CORRIDOR - MORNINGMISS TAYLOR, late 30s, a kind, gentle, respectable woman, ispacking up her possessions to leave Hartfield. A soft knockcomes at the door, and she puts down what she’s doing andgoes to it, putting her face close. Emma is on the other sideof the door.EMMA (O.S.)(in a whisper)How am I to bear it, when you aregone?MISS TAYLOR(whispering too)I am going only half a mile, Emma.EMMA (O.S.)But great is the difference betweena Mrs Weston half a mile away, anda Miss Taylor in the house.MISS TAYLOR4INT. HARTFIELD GREAT HALL - MORNING4MR WOODHOUSE, 60s-70s, a dashing, fastidious, fretfulvaletudinarian, comes into the great hall, ready to depart.MR WOODHOUSEWhat a pity it is that Mr Westonever thought of her!He’s addressing these remarks to Emma, who has followed himdownstairs. Her coat is already on. Mr Woodhouse sits downand Bartholomew kneels to exchange his indoor shoes foroutdoor shoes. The Woodhouse BUTLER waits by the door.Emma goes to a floral arrangement by the door and breaks offa few buds to form a sprig for her father’s lapel.EMMAPapa! Mr Weston is such a goodhumoured, pleasant, excellent man.He thoroughly deserves a good wife.And you would not have had MissTaylor live with us for ever, whenshe might have a house of her own?MR WOODHOUSEA house of her own! Where is theadvantage of a house of her own?This is three times as large.His shoes are on. Bartholomew helps him into his coat, andthen brushes down his shoulders with a coat-brush.

3.MR WOODHOUSE (CONT’D)It is entirely unnecessary. PoorMiss Taylor- and poor Isabella too.Emma has to laugh at the absurdity of this. She comes to fitthe sprig into his lapel, affectionately.EMMAMy sister married seven years ago,papa; you must be reconciled to itby now.4.This is the cue for the butler to open the door. They go out.56MR WOODHOUSEEmma, you should not make matchesand foretell things. Whatever yousay always comes to pass. You mustnot make any more.MR WOODHOUSE(mollified)They are very fond of me.EMMAI promise you to make none formyself, papa; but I must, indeed,for other people. It is thegreatest amusement in the world.And after such success, you know!EMMAOf course they are.7EXT. HARTFIELD GATES - CONTINUOUS - MORNING7Two footmen open the blue gates, and the carriage passesthrough. Two maidservants, carrying armloads of flowers, partas they see the carriage passing, and curtsey.CHARLES, another manservant, is filling Mr Woodhouse’s canemeticulously with lavender.Charles hands Mr Woodhouse his cane, the top of which isperforated like a salt shaker. He puts it to his nose andinhales deeply.6EMMAIt shall always be a matter ofgreat joy to me that I made thematch myself. Everyone said MrWeston would never marry again, butI did not believe it. I planned thematch from the first hour of theiracquaintance, and now to be provedin the right, and to have it takeplace, may comfort me for anything.EMMA(overriding him)You would not wish away yourgrandsons- young Henry Knightley,and little John, whom you love sowell?EMMAWe shall see them at Christmas,papa. Now we must go.INT. WOODHOUSE CARRIAGE - MORNINGMr Woodhouse looks out of the window, contemplating any andall options for delaying the wedding.MR WOODHOUSE(immediately wincing)Oh. That was a terrible day. Weknew then it was a terrible day. Weknow now it was a terrible day-Bartholomew administers a few extra brushes to Mr Woodhouse’scoat, competitively, while Mr Woodhouse puts on his hat.5The Woodhouse carriage is waiting to take them to the church;the coachman JAMES stands by the open door.She brushes away some invisible dust that Bartholomew missed.He hovers, a little miffed to have been usurped.MR WOODHOUSE(gloomy again)But I shall always be disappointedthey did not visit us this autumn.EXT. HARTFIELD - CONTINUOUS - MORNINGTitle card: EMMA8EXT. HIGHBURY LANE - MORNINGThe vicar MR ELTON, mid-20s, a very good-looking, unctuous,deeply mercenary man, is making his way to the church.8

5.6.He passes the schoolmistress MRS GODDARD, who is leading acrocodile of schoolgirls, identically dressed in red capes.Among them is HARRIET SMITH, 17, a very pretty, naive,innocent girl, profoundly lacking in self-confidence despiteher good looks. They are all wide-eyed at the sight of MrElton, the most eligible bachelor in town.MRS GODDARDGood morning, Mr Elton.MR WESTON, 50s, a bluff, well-meaning, slightly gossipy man,is at the altar, facing front. He’s nervous and is steelinghimself.They swoon, breathless. He is fully aware of the effect he iscreating, and puffs himself out a little as he passes them,causing them to swoon even more. Mrs Goddard is annoyed.MRS GODDARDCome along, now. Quickly now.9Emma has seen Mr Elton through the window. She sits back,very pleased with herself for having formed a new plan:EMMAOne more match, papa; for poor MrElton. You like Mr Elton, papa, andyou know a vicar must have a wife.10EXT. HIGHBURY PARISH CHURCH - MORNINGINT. HIGHBURY PARISH CHURCH - CONTINUOUS - MORNINGHe takes a blanket from beneath the pew and tucks it aroundEmma’s knees.MISS BATESOh, Miss Woodhouse- is this not themost happy, happy- the mostfortunate- this morning I could notget my bonnet on for trembling!(seeing the altar cloth)Oh my heavens, do look at the altarcloth- oh! I am trembling again!Just then Mr Cole, who has just sat down, lets out analmighty sneeze, frightening Mr Woodhouse-10The Woodhouse carriage stands outside the church. James comesaround to help Emma and Mr Woodhouse out. Theirs is the onlycarriage in sight; everyone else is on foot.11MR WOODHOUSEYou will catch your death!A few pews behind, kind-hearted, fast-talking spinster MISSBATES, 40s, is seated with her mother, the frail MRS BATES,70s. She pipes up enthusiastically-The Woodhouse carriage passes them.INT/EXT. WOODHOUSE CARRIAGE - MORNINGEMMA(judging their appearance)Mr Cole. Mrs Cole.The Coles step aside to allow the Woodhouses to pass them,and Emma leads her father into their pew at the front.MR ELTON(raising his hat)Good morning, Mrs Goddard.(to the girls)Girls.9MR COLE(lifting his hat)Mr Woodhouse, sir. Miss Woodhouse.11A few people are in the church already, mostly seated in thehumbler pews at the back. They rise hastily as Emma and herfather enter.Emma holds her head high: she loves these tokens of respect.They pass MR AND MRS COLE, the town’s ‘new money’-Oh!MR WOODHOUSEHe throws a hand across Emma, protecting her.Emma is annoyed, but propriety prevents her from sayinganything. Mr Woodhouse fumbles for his cane and inhalesdeeply to steady his nerves. Miss Bates is oblivious.MISS BATESSurrounded by blessings- wantingfor nothing- it is too joyful!Emma gives Miss Bates a tight smile, ending the conversation.She glances back towards the door. She’s waiting for someone.

6A.MR WOODHOUSE(peevish, tucking theblanket again)(MORE)7.MR WOODHOUSE (CONT'D)What is the matter, Emma? Why doyou turn about?EMMAI have a fancy that Mr Weston’s sonmay surprise us.MR WOODHOUSEYoung Frank Weston?HeisofsoEMMA(checking the door again)is Frank Churchill now, papa. Hehis uncle’s heir; when he cameage, he took his uncle’s name. Ilong to meet him.MR WOODHOUSE(in a fearful whisper)But how do you know that he mightsurprise us?Mr Elton appears theatrically from a side-chapel.EMMAIt is his father’s wedding day! MrWeston speaks of him so highly. Icannot think he will not come.But just then the church bells start to ring out, and thecongregation rises on cue (all except Mrs Bates and MrWoodhouse, who remain seated). Emma turns- and sees MissTaylor processing down the aisle. She’s holding the bouquetthat Emma gave her, and she looks radiant. Mr Weston sneaks aglance back at her. Emma cannot help but smile.Miss Bates is weeping. But Mr Woodhouse is too upset even towatch them approach. He’s shaking his head, muttering sadly:MR WOODHOUSEPoor Miss Taylor!Emma glances over her shoulder to check the door one lasttime. But it’s closing. Frank Churchill has not come.Miss Taylor joins Mr Weston at the front.Mr Elton bows to the altar, deeply, then takes his place infront of it, his hands solemnly extended: his office is aperformance to him. A beat, then, very theatrically-

8.9.MR ELTONDearly beloved friends, we gatherhere in the sight of God to jointogether this man and this woman inholy matrimony, an honourableestate instituted by God in thetime of man’s great innocence.12INT. RANDALLS - AN HOUR LATER - DAYMRS GODDARDShe was born out of wedlock togoodness knows whom. Smith is nother real name. She has no more ideaof her true relations than I do.Emma has overheard all of this, but she is too proud to joinin on the village gossip. The women pass out of her earshot.Mr Elton interrupts Miss Bates to suggest-12MR ELTONShall we have some cake, ma’am?Randalls is the Westons’ residence in Highbury. Mr and MrsWeston have laid on a wedding breakfast for their friends andneighbours. Mrs Goddard has now joined them.MISS BATES(flattered, blushing)Oh! Cake! Sir, you are too kind- Iam extremely partial to a piece ofcake- what an invitation! Oh, suchbounty, wanting for nothing- I donot typically have much of anappetite, but on a joyous occasionsuch as this, one feels almost rudenot to join in the ediblecelebration-Emma and Mrs Weston are standing together, a little apartfrom the crowd. Mrs Weston is holding a letter.MRS WESTONIt is a very handsome letter.(beat- perceiving Emma’sdisappointment)Mrs Churchill is in poor health.She quite depends on him.She’s putting on a brave face, but she’s disappointed too.She comes over to the table and picks up a plate of cake. ButMr Woodhouse is highly distressed, and intercepts-EMMAWe shall meet him very soon.MR WOODHOUSEWedding-cake is sure to disagreewith you, Miss Bates. I do notadvise your even tasting it.She wants to keep talking, butMR WESTONMrs Weston, my dear!Miss Bates hesitates. She wants the cake, but she doesn’twant to upset Mr Woodhouse. At last, sadly and regretfully,she puts the plate back.He is beckoning his wife to join him. Smiling, she pressesEmma’s hand and moves off to join her husband.Emma looks around at the familiar faces of Highbury. Everyoneis conversing and laughing in groups. She smiles, disguisingthe fact that she feels, suddenly, quite lonely.On the far side of the party, Miss Bates has buttonholed MrElton, and is talking ceaselessly, praising him for theservice and listing her blessings. He is sneaking glances atEmma and trying unsuccessfully to extricate himself.Emma watches her, feeling lonelier than ever.13EXT. DONWELL ABBEY - LATE AFTERNOON13A man on horseback gallops down a shaded avenue to thehandsome DONWELL ABBEY, a grander, more Gothic house thanHartfield. It looks preserved rather than lived-in.Emma glances at him, thoughtfully, and then looks around atall the other women. Everyone is old or middle-aged.The rider is GEORGE KNIGHTLEY, 30s, a cheerful, intelligent,morally conscious man. He’s sweaty from his ride.Nearer to Emma, Mrs Goddard is gossiping to MRS COX:A GROOM is waiting. The groom takes the bridle to lead thehorse away, and Mr Knightley heads inside to wash.

9A.14INT. DONWELL ABBEY, MR KNIGHTLEY’S ROOM - LATER - LATEAFTERNOON1410.15Mr Knightley, now bathed, is being dressed by his VALET. Thisroom looks properly inhabited: it’s cosy, with books andpapers everywhere.INT. DONWELL ABBEY, BEDROOM / DOUBLE CUBE / SINGLE CUBE/STATUE HALL - CONTINUOUS - LATE AFTERNOON15Mr Knightley, now dressed in clean clothes, is walkingthrough the cavernous space. The furniture is all dustsheeted and the chandeliers are bagged. Footmen are lightingcandles in the background.His housekeeper MRS REYNOLDS intercepts him, ruefullyMRS REYNOLDSYou know what I’m about to say, sirMR KNIGHTLEY“-Why do you keep a carriage if younever put it out?”He smiles at her, unrepentant.MRS REYNOLDSIt’s just such a shame to see itstanding by.(changing tack)A gentleman on foot- it’s unusual.He says the word ‘unusual’ with her. Laughing, he goes out.MR KNIGHTLEYGood evening, Mrs Reynolds.MRS REYNOLDS(calling after him)It would be a kindness to thedriver. Just every now and again.16EXT. DONWELL ABBEY - SUNSET16Mr Knightley exits on foot and sets off through the grounds,still smiling, enjoying the exercise.17INT. HARTFIELD GOLD DRAWING ROOM - AN HOUR LATER - EVENING 17Mr Woodhouse is asleep in his habitual armchair, snoringsoftly. Emma is re-reading the letter from Frank Churchill.She hears footfalls and looks up to see through the windowthat Mr Knightley is approaching. Wanting to appear occupiedwhen he comes in, she puts down the letter, hurries throughto the music room, sits down at the piano and begins to play.The sound of the piano startles Mr Woodhouse awake.Mr Knightley comes in. Mr Woodhouse is pleased to see him.

11.MR WOODHOUSEMr Knightley! You must have had ashocking walk.MR KNIGHTLEYNot at all, sir. It is a beautiful,balmy evening.Mr Knightley feels at home at Hartfield. He goes at once tohis habitual chair next to Mr Woodhouse and sits down.Emma, wanting to annoy him, plays a discordant note on thepiano just as he sits down, as a rude sound effect. He shootsher a look, and she innocently busies herself with the music.MR WOODHOUSEBut you must have found it verydamp and dirty.MR KNIGHTLEYDirty, sir! Look at my boots. Not aspeck on them. How do you do? Icame to wish you joy.MR WOODHOUSEJoy?(wincing)Oh! The wedding. Terrible day.MR KNIGHTLEY(to Emma)So how did you all behave? Whocried most?Emma has become bored with her pretend piano practice. Sheleaves the music room and comes back to join them.EMMAWe all behaved charmingly.Everybody was in their best looks.Not a tear, and hardly a long faceto be seen.MR WOODHOUSE(to Bartholomew)Bring that screen a little closer.Mr Knightley feels a chill.Bartholomew hastens to bring the screen forward.MR KNIGHTLEYAnd what of Mr Frank Churchill? Ishe every bit as handsome as hisfather promised he would be?(MORE)12.MR KNIGHTLEY (CONT'D)(seeing Emma’s expression)He did not come?He sees the letter on the sofa next to her and picks it up.MR WOODHOUSEEmma bears everything very well,but, Mr Knightley, she is reallyvery sorry to lose poor MissTaylor.MR KNIGHTLEYPoor Mr and Miss Woodhouse, if youplease, but I cannot accept ‘poorMiss Taylor’- on her wedding-day!He turns his attention back to the letter. Emma is watchinghim closely.EMMAHe wished exceedingly to come, buthis aunt and uncle could not sparehim.Mr Knightley starts reading the letter, a little sceptically.Mr Woodhouse gets up: it’s the time of the night whenBartholomew sets up the backgammon table, and Mr Woodhouseneeds to find the perfect spot to set it up.MR KNIGHTLEYWell, I dare say he might have comeif he could.EMMAI do not know why you should sayso.MR KNIGHTLEYIf Frank Churchill had wanted toattend his father’s wedding, hewould have contrived it. He chosenot to come.EMMAIt is very unfair to judge of anybody’s conduct without an intimateknowledge of their situation. Wehave never met Mr Frank Churchill;we do not know what he is able, andunable, to do.

13.MR KNIGHTLEYThere is one thing, Emma, which aman can always do if he chooses,and that is his duty. It is FrankChurchill’s duty to pay thisattention to his father.14.18AOMITTED19INT. HARTFIELD DINING ROOM - A LITTLE LATER - MORNINGEMMAThere is a new parlour-boarder atMrs Goddard’s school, papa. MissSmith.MR KNIGHTLEYMrs Churchill has been unwell foras long as she could say so. Hernephew is not a doctor. If he hadtold her, simply, and resolutely,that he must attend his father’swedd ing, there would have been noopposition to his going.Mr Woodhouse whips around, electric, and points to the wall.MR WOODHOUSEThere. Distinctly.Bartholomew hesitates, then goes to the place where MrWoodhouse is pointing, and places his hands on the wall.EMMA(laughing)No, but there might have been someto his coming back again. You arethe worst judge in the world, MrKnightley, of the difficulties ofdependence. You have always beenyour own master. You do not knowwhat it is to have tempers tomanage.MR WOODHOUSE (CONT’D)Do you feel it? A chill draught.(then, more impressively)A chill and sickly draught.EMMA(trying again)She is a natural child. No oneknows her parentage, not even MissSmith herself. Is that notmysterious?MR KNIGHTLEYI shall remember that next time youquarrel with me.It’s just the sort of topic that Miss Taylor would have takenup. But Mr Woodhouse is still focused on Bartholomew, whocan’t feel anything but is loyally trying his best.Tossing her head pettishly, s he gets up and relocates to achair on the other side of the folding screen, so that he nowcan’t see her. A beat- and then she reaches one hand over thescreen and plucks Frank Churchill’s letter out of his hand.INT. HARTFIELD, EMMA’S ROOM - MORNING18Emma’s maidservant is helping her to dress: first layers andlayers of petticoats, then the gauzy outermost gown.After the maidservant has gone, she goes to the fire and,completely unself-consciously, lifts up her skirts to warmher bare bottom by the fire which is lit in the grate. Abeat. She feels alone.19Mr Woodhouse is reading the paper as he eats breakfast. Emmasits opposite. She’s bored. An empty chair between them showswhere Miss Taylor used to sit. Bartholomew waits discreetly.EMMAHe also has a duty to his aunt, whois unwell.1818AMR WOODHOUSEMiss Taylor would have felt it.20EXT. MRS GODDARD’S SCHOOL - DAY20Emma is speaking with Mrs Goddard on the lawn in front of theschool.MRS GODDARD(doubtfully)Miss Smith.(MORE)

15.MRS GODDARD (CONT'D)does not know the circumstances ofher birth, Miss Woodhouse.EMMA (CONT’D)There can be no doubt of your beinga gentleman’s daughter. You mustsupport your claim to that stationby every thing within your power.EMMA(carelessly)A fact which surely proves herparentage is good. If her originswere very low, there would havebeen no need for secrecy, for therewould have been no shame.While she talks, she unlocks the tea caddy and then watchesas the servant measures out the tea. Bartholomew adds hotwater and then the servants melt away again.HARRIETKnow you the Martins, MissWoodhouse- of Abbey Mill Farm?Again Mrs Goddard hesitates- this is awfully presumptuous,and even a little cruel. But Emma has made up her mind.EMMAI know that they are tenantfarmers. They rent their farm fromMr Knightley.EMMA (CONT’D)I will improve her. Those naturalgraces must not be wasted; shewants only a little elegance, Ithink, to be quite perfect. Willyou send her to Hartfield, MrsGoddard? Tomorrow morning?Harriet doesn’t catch the snobbish note, and bumbles on.Mrs Goddard curtseys in a way that is not quite sincere.MRS GODDARDYou are very kind, Miss Woodhouse.Emma, satisfied, leaves her to continue on.21EXT/INT. HARTFIELD COURTYARD/GREAT HALL - THE NEXT MORNING 21DAYHarriet enters Hartfield alone,

Emma and Mrs Weston are standing together, a little apart from the crowd. Mrs Weston is holding a letter. MRS WESTON It is a very handsome letter. (beat- perceiving Emma’s disappointment) Mrs Churchill is in poor health. She quite depends on him. S

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