Wutheringly international

Not much to report today, except for the joys of prejudices, as perfected by Tanya Gold in the Guardian.

And do you know what is coming soon? The Life of Charlotte Brontë. I can already see Keira Knightley or Other Small Skeleton stalking the moors and pretending to cough, while moaning: "Why did Branwell have to die?" It is called Brontë. Oh, I just vomited some blood on my page. Fade. Credits. End.

Yeah, well, as far as we know the film is not so forthcoming, so Ms Gold can go on without that anguish in her life for the moment.

Daily Illini talks to young actress Lisa Musser, who played young Jane in the Broadway production of Jane Eyre the Musical.

Needing a break, Musser left Les Miserables and, for a brief time, went back to Oak Lawn. However, only six months later she auditioned and went on tour for the cast of “Sound of Music.” After that, she again was home for a couple months, only to audition and receive the role as Young Jane in the original cast of “Jane Eyre.”
“When you see your kids doing what they have worked so hard to do it’s incredibly rewarding, and breathtaking,” Robert said.
While Musser was living out what she called the best experience of her life, she does acknowledge the strain it put on her family. To cover the expenses of living in New York, Musser’s mom had to work three jobs, including being a blackjack dealer, for the extra income.
“I am in my parents’ debt forever,” Musser said. “They have sacrificed so much. They would do that for any of their kids. They would go to the ends of the earth for us.”
Jane Eyre wasn’t generating enough money, however, and shut down after less than a year on Broadway. By this time Musser was 13, and decided it was time to go home and have a normal life. (April Dahlquist)

Wuthering Heights is a highly international book today: Read It writes about it in Portuguese, Romanzi 2.0 reviews it in Italian, Consus-France posts about a French edition with a very original cover and Even Small Whispers Can Make Big Changes writes about the novel and its Ruben Toledo artwork in Norwegian. Finally, Real Photographs has an atmospheric picture of the Brontë Bridge.

Categories: Haworth, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Music, Theatre, Wuthering Heights