Brontë theater around the world: Jane Eyre and After Mrs. Rochester

The Quantum Theatre Company performs from today, September 28, until October 22 Polly Teale's After Mrs. Rochester in Braddock, Pennsylvania. These are the details:

After Mrs. Rochester

Two worlds: an exotic Caribbean paradise and the cold English moors. Two women: Jane Eyre and Bertha Rochester.

Jean Rhys (Wide Sargasso Sea) is a 20th century author who embodies these opposites. Playwright Polly Teale's After Mrs. Rochester brings Jean, Jane and the madwoman in the attic to life in a searing literary biography peopled with Rhy's demons.

Performances:

September 28, 29, 30
October 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

September 29. Opening night performance with post show champage reception.
October 1: PPG post-show discussion with cast and distinguised guests.
October 6: Poetry of Braddock night, including a pre-show reception at 6:30 pm with filmmaker and Braddock native Tony Buba.

Braddock Carnegie Hall
419 Library Street
Braddock, PA

And, at the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, the LADS (Locko Amateur Dramatic Society) of Spondon (near Derby, UK) performs a theatrical version of Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre

Whilst having retained all the familiar passionate qualities of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Willis Hall has managed, with a minimum of fuss, to successfully transpose the 19th Century world of Jane Eyre to the stage.

Directed by: Corinne Eyre
Assistant Director: Chris Getty
Written By: Willis Hall, Adapted from the novel by Charlotte Brontë
Set and Costume Design: Corinne Eyre
Stage Manager: John Leach Lighting and Sound: John Leach

Cast
Jane Eyre Marie Stone
Bessie/Country Woman/Bertha Vicky Colclough
Porter/John Reed/St John Rivers David Shardlow
Edward Rochester Jonathan Leach

You can check the rest of the cast here.

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