Jane Eyre in Tasmania

Polly Teale's Jane Eyre opens tomorrow, June 19, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia:

Jane Eyre
Directed by Ingrid Ganley
Adapted by Polly Teale
Written by Charlotte Bronte

Olivia Durst, Jeff Keogh, Steven Jones, Kathy Spencer, Meredith McQueen, Norman Alexander, Selina Ross, Samantha Lush, Tess Hatfield and Kate Hurford.

Presented by:
Hobart Repertory Theatre Society

Venue:
Playhouse Theatre

Dates and Times:
June 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27; July 1, 2, 3, 4 at 8.00pm
June 28 at 3.00pm; July 4 at 2.00pm

Jane Eyre is an extraordinary coming-of-age story featuring one of the most independent and strong-willed female protagonists in all of literature. Jane Eyre, a governess, goes to work for a moody employer Mr Rochester. She falls in love and captures his heart, but an explosive secret tears apart their relationship.
Charlotte Brontë's 1847 love story comes to life in Polly Teale's inventive, theatrical adaptation of this classic story. In addition to its intense romanticism, Jane Eyre features a satisfying assortment of wicked relatives, terrifying mayhem, extrasensory messages and astonishing coincidences, enopugh to have kept readers thoroughly entertained for over 160 years.

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