Costumes and clampers

The Yorkshire Post publishes again about the current exhibition of Andrea Galer's costumes for Jane Eyre 2006 in Haddon Hall (Thornfield Hall in that adaptation):

Picture: Visitors admire some of the silk evening dresses which are on show at Haddon Hall (Chris Lawton).

The corset that caused actress Ruth Wilson so much pain during the making of a BBC production of Jane Eyre has gone on display at the Derbyshire mansion where the classic was filmed.
The tiny 15-inch waist corset, which left the 24-year-old actress with rashes and skin burn, is one of a number of costumes used in the televised adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's famous novel to be exhibited at Haddon Hall.
Miss Wilson, who stared as the orphan governess in the four-part serial, spent 13 weeks on set, filming at the hall. As downtrodden Jane, she spends a lot of her time wearing unflattering cotton smocks, plain, high-neck dresses and full-length skirts.
But underneath each costume she had to wear a restrictive whalebone corset, tailored to give her a traditional Victorian hourglass figure.
Eight costumes are on display throughout the hall including the ill-fated wedding dress, which was made with three detachable skirts and had to be fireproofed to protect the stunt lady while she ran down the corridor in the blazing costume.
A spokesman for the exhibition said: "The end result is that the top on this particular dress is now rather stiff but it was agreed that it would be better to display the original rather than a copy."
There is also Jane's grey governess dress, made from linen and silk, and two costumes worn by Toby Stephens who played Mr Rochester. The costumes were created by award-winning designer Andrea Galer.
The exhibition will run at Haddon Hall until Saturday June 9. (Anna Smith)

From Haddon Hall to Haworth. Several newspapers report about Haworth's rogue clampers:

A car clamper whose intimidatory tactics were said to be driving visitors away from Brontë country narrowly escaped an antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) yesterday after he handed in his official badge voluntarily. (...) After the hearing Imelda Marsden, 61, a member of the Brontë Society, said: “These clampers are driving visitors away from Haworth. Even the Prime Minister of New Zealand has been clamped here.” (Russell Jenkins in The Times)

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