Brontë in Boston

Today, January 10, opens in Wellesley, near Boston, Massachussetts a new production of Polly Teale's Brontë play.

Brontë
by Polly Teale

Directed by Nora Hussey

Emily Brontë............................................................Catherine LeClair
Anne Brontë....................................................................Kelly Galvin
Charlotte Brontë................................................................Alicia Kahn
Patrick Brontë...................................................................John Davin
Branwell Brontë..............................................................Greg Raposa
Cathy........................................................................Melina McGrew
Bertha.......................................................................Melina McGrew
Mr. Heger............................................................Derek Stone Nelson
Arthur Bell Nicholls............................................................Dan Bolton
Rochester............................................................Derek Stone Nelson
Huntington......................................................................Dan Bolton
Heathcliff......................................................................Greg Raposa

How is it possible that three Victorian spinsters, living in isolation on the Yorkshire moors, could have written some of the most powerful and passionate fiction of all time?

It is 1845. Branwell returns home in disgrace. Plagued by alcohol and drug addicition, he has been dismissed after an affair with the mistress of the house he went to as a tutor. As he descends into alcoholism and insanity, bringing chaos to the household, his sisters write...

This extraordinary new play by Polly Teale evokes the real and imagined worlds of the Brontes, as the fictional characters come to haunt their creators.

Performed in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre in Alumnae Hall on the Wellesley College Campus.
Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA

The Wellesley Summer Theatre Company has performed previously the two other Polly Teales's plays: Jane Eyre and After Mrs. Rochester (in 2004)

Times and dates as follows:

Wednesdays, January 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st at 7pm
Thursdays, January 11th, 18th, 25th, and February 1st at 7pm
Fridays, January 12th, 18th, 26th, and February 2nd at 8pm
Saturdays, January 13th, 20th, 27th, and February 3rd at 4pm & 8pm
SOLD OUT!!! Sunday, January 28th at 2pm SOLD OUT!!!

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