Brontë in Sheffield

A new production of Polly Teale's Brontë opens today at the Sheffield University:

Sheffield University Theatre Company (SuTCo) presents
Brontë 
by Polly Teale
22 February -25 February

Lucy Kempster – Director
James Donnelly – Production Manager

Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë are three of the most well-known sisters in literary history. Not only did they write some of the most outstanding literature to come out of the Victorian era, but they did it all in isolation on the wet and windy Yorkshire Moors.
Written and directed first in 2005 by Polly Teale, this play explores the lives and relationships of the Brontë family. We see the real and imagined worlds of these women, as their fictional characters are lifted from the page and brought to life; to haunt both them, and the audience.
As we move back and forth in time to recount scenes from their lives, which are documented as well as imagined by the author, we learn how these sisters were affected by their desperate desire to escape from such a mundane reality.The men in their lives are protective, but also destructive. Their father Patrick hopes for nothing but his children's success, whilst their brother Branwell spirals into alcoholism and insanity following his failures. This play finally gives us the opportunity to understand how these three lonely Victorian sisters came to write some of the most powerful and passionate fiction of all time.

A trailer of the production was shooted at Derbyshire and can be found here (and a making off). More details about the rehearsals and the production can be found on the production's tumblr.