Emily Brontë: her life as a New York insult comic

Tidbits concerning the two forthcoming screen adaptations of Brontë novels keep filtering in. Metro (in an article about Mia Wasikowska) seems to have spotted the place where the new Jane Eyre will be shot:

Having already notched up an acclaimed turn in TV’s In Treatment, she’s just finished a teen love story directed by her hero, Gus Van Sant (Milk), and is now about to start shooting Jane Eyre in Derbyshire. (Larushka Ivan-Zadeh)

Which is also where the latest BBC adaptation was filmed. We wonder if they are eyeing Haddon Hall too?

And in an article about the international pre-sales of the new Wuthering Heights, Variety gives a few details about shooting time and place:

HanWay Films has struck multiple sales on Andrea Arnold's "Wuthering Heights," which shoots mid-May in Yorkshire, Northern England.
Major territory deals include Artificial Eye and Film 4 for the U.K., Diaphana for France and Prokino for Germany.
Other European territories include Spain (Alta Films), Portugal (Lusomundo), Switzerland (Frenetic), Benelux (Cineart), Greece/Romania (Odeon), Czech Republic (Intersonic), Poland (Gutek), the former Yugoslavia (Tuck), Russia (Maywin) and Iceland (Myndform).
In Asia, the pic went to Hong Kong/Singapore (Golden Scene), Turkey (Horizon), Middle East (Front Row) and Korea (Thomas Entertainment).
The pic was also sold to Latin America (Swen), Australia (Transmission) and South Africa (Ster Kinekor).
"Wuthering Heights" is an Ecosse Films and Film Four Production. Kevin Loader produces with Robert Bernstein and Douglas Rae. Pic was adapted by Olivia Hetreed. (Leo Barraclough)

City Room - a New York Times blog - describes seeing the manuscript of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol and concludes by wondering,

Back at home late that evening, I idly reached for my copy of “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë and read a few pages. Wonder what her handwriting looked like. Did she make a lot of edits? (Hilary Johnson)

The Jane Eyre manuscript can be seen at the British Library in London. It's quite a treat.

The Pennsylvania Patriot-News features a local student who is cometing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She might also enjoy looking at the Jane Eyre manuscript.

In her spare time, the straight-A student and aspiring emergency room doctor keeps occupied with tennis lessons, practicing the saxophone and flute and reading classics such as "Jane Eyre" and "Brave New World." (Lauren Boyer)

And now for the strange pop culture meets the Brontës mention of the day. The Celebrity Cafe has an article on the 50th Anniversary Tour of the comedy club The Second City (check this previous post for more information). Here's what happens on the stage at one point:

After an impromptu rap song, the audience is bombarded with a host of comedic skits. Each skit ranges anywhere from five seconds to ten minutes in length and is based on the writings of anyone from Dan Castellaneta (the voice of the all-American family man, Homer Simpson) to the five actors on stage. As for subject matter, the performers make sure no stone is left unturned, enacting satires of political figures like President Obama (did they mention he's not white?) to the highly improbable scenario of Emily Bronte making her way as a New York insult comic. (John Hall)

YouthKiAwaaz has a post on Wuthering Heights. 34casto is reminded of the first Mrs Rochester while reading Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper. Well Worn selects furniture to 'go' with Jane Eyre. And finally, Other Stories picks both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights as books that mean a lot to her.

Categories: Humour, Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV, Victorian Era, Weirdo, Wuthering Heights