Jane Eyre in Luxembourg

A new adaptation of Jane Eyre opens in a few days in Luxembourg:

BGT English Theatre Company presents
Charlotte Brontë’s
Jane Eyre
Adapted for the stage by June Lowery

Mierscher Kulturhaus,
52 rue Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, 7520 Mersch
Wednesday 29th September to Saturday 2nd October at 20.00

Abbaye de Nemünster, Luxembourg
28 Rue Münster, 2160 Luxembourg
Tuesday 30th November to Saturday 4th December at 20.00

Stage adaptation June Lowery

Director Tony Kingston

Design Karl Pierce

Performers Jacqueline Milne, Bjørn Clasen, Glen Campbell, Eline van den Bossche and others

Charlotte Brontë's “Jane Eyre” is one of the most famous love stories in English literature. Now the BGT is bringing a brand-new adaptation to the stage, to be premiered in Luxembourg. The production promises to be a physically and visually imaginative rendering of this classic tale.

The orphan Jane Eyre, plain but passionate, escapes the cold charity of Lowood school to become
governess to a young French girl at Thornfield Hall. There she falls in love with her employer, the
forbidding Mr. Rochester. But this is a love that seems doomed by the distance of class … and by a dark secret hidden at Thornfield. The discovery of this secret threatens to destroy both Jane and Rochester and she is thrown into the world to survive on her own courage and resourcefulness.

First published in 1847, “Jane Eyre” is not only a great love story but is also a surprisingly modern presentation of the clash between desire and duty and of the striving for female independence and equality. Jane is arguably one of the first genuinely feminist heroines and her struggle to find both true love and true respect as a woman is as relevant today as it was 160 years ago.

For more information please contact Tony Kingston on 26374064 or the.bgt.lux@pt.lu
For bookings at the Mierscher Kulturhaus, please call (00352) 263243-1

The Berliner Grundtheater e.V (BGT) was founded in 1991 and is dedicated to producing a wide a range of English-language plays. It has performed shows from authors as varied as Peter Shaffer, Anthony Minghella, Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare. As well as playing in Berlin, the company has appeared in Luxembourg, at the Edinburgh Festival and at Anglo-Deutsch Festivals around Germany. Recent successes have included Christopher
Hampton’s “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”, and a multi-media production of Marlowe’s “Doctor Faustus”. The BGT has played several times in Luxembourg, most recently in 2009 with a
production of Agatha Christie’s Verdict at the Abbaye de Neumünster.

We are very grateful to Tony Kingston for providing us with the information.

Categories: Jane Eyre, Theatre