To laugh or not to laugh

The presence of Evan Rachel Wood on the Brontë biopic (still a rumour after so many months) is mentioned in The Independent:

While there's currently talk of Wood cutting her first album, playing Anne Brontë in a movie biopic and even collaborating with Manson on his long-gestating film about Lewis Carroll, her most concrete project is reuniting with Taymor for a Broadway musical version of Spider-Man next June. (James Mottram)

FemaleFirst also reminds us of Ellen Page's Jane Eyre project:

Despite this things look rosy for the actress with Whip It! Due for release in the new year as well as a new production of Jane Eyre.

The Huntingdon Town Crier remembers last year's performances of Jane Eyre (adapted by Willis Hall) by the Huntingdon Drama Club:

A year ago saw Jane Eyre, which had memorable performances from Anwen Pugh and Bob Pugh as Jane and Mr Rochester, and a striking use of lighting and platforms to create different acting areas. The first performance raised nearly £1,000 for the Mayor of Huntingdon's charities.

Playing Heathcliff is something that somehow marks your career. The Belleville News-Democrat thinks that Ralph Fiennes's (now on The Reader) hieratism has a starting point:

I don't think Fiennes has ever smiled, or even laughed much, for more than a few seconds on screen since he-was Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights" two decades ago. (Lynn Venhaus)

The Times lists the 2008 obituaries including Professor Ian Jack's:

Professor Ian Jack, literary scholar, was born on December 5, 1923. He died on September 3, aged 84.
Jack was one of the most accomplished literary scholars of his generation, known for his pioneering editorial work on the Brontës and Robert Browning, and for a series of substantial critical studies ranging from the poetics of 18th-century satire to the reception of modern verse.

Mariakäfer reviews in German Wuthering Heights 1998, the novel is itself reviewed in Italian on Come Il Fiume Che Scorre, keropok has visited Haworth and uploads some pictures and Eyrial publishes on FacFiction.Net a story about Bertha: Freedom.

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