Charlotte Brontë's proverb

The National Student gives 4 stars out of 5 to the National Theatre performances of Sally Cookson's Jane Eyre.

After an arguably weak couple of opening minutes, the cast settles into an assured production that is worthy of both its production credentials and the much-loved work that it’s based upon.
Nadia Clifford’s performance as Jane is subtle and incredibly powerful, staying faithful to the strong yet sympathetic character that made Charlotte Brontë’s novel a feminist classic. A special mention should also go out to Hannah Bristow, who, as Helen Burns, Adele and various other characters, takes on multiple central roles and makes them completely distinct. Her performances – all four of them – are stand-out. [...]
The production makes full use of both music and physicality, to stunning effect. The sparseness of the set allows the character-driven drama to unfold, with strong and deliberately physical performances taking centre stage and rendering the experience, at times, devastating – as it should be. The directorial decisions make it clear from the outset that the often harrowing story of Jane Eyre is not going to be sugar-coated here.
This physicality compliments the musical aspects of the production, which are many. There have been various attempts to give Bertha Mason a voice over the years, and this one - from the magnificent Melanie Marshall, who has previously starred in a television production of Wide Sargasso Sea - is innovative and completely original, offering us sombre reflection of the key themes that are at play. 
Bristol Old Vic’s overarching aim is to “create pioneering 21st Century theatre”, and in this production of an established literary classic they’ve certainly succeeded. This Jane Eyre is unmistakably for now, whilst keeping a firm grasp on the messaging that made its source material so timeless. (Lucy Miller)

Female First has writer Caroline England tell '10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me' and two of them are Brontë-related:

4. In my early teens I was lucky enough to see Ted Hughes in the flesh. I can still picture him explaining the back story to The Thought-Fox, then reading the poem with that distinctive deep moody Yorkshire timbre. I was transfixed, enthralled, inspired! He would have made a perfect Heathcliff.
5. Carrying on with the Brontë theme, I inadvertently called my daughters after three of them - Elizabeth, Charlotte and Emily. Though Elizabeth Brontë is not that well known, her father described her as the daughter with ‘sound good sense’. Just like my Elizabeth!

Smart Bitches Trashy Books features the book With This Curse by Amanda DeWees.

I cut my teeth on Gothics written by Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney before I ever picked up a romance novel, and in many ways Gothics were the precursor to the historical romance. Inspired by Jane Eyre and Rebecca, these books are often set on desolate moors and crumbling estates. The narrative comes only from the heroine’s POV, which help keeps the hero a mysterious, always intriguing and desirable (but also potentially menacing) figure at a distance. There is also frequently an element of the supernatural in these books: ghosts, curses, and shadowy figures feature heavily. (Elyse)

RT (Russia) gives Charlotte Brontë credit for a not-at-all-Brontë-sounding proverb:

There could never be a more fitting adage to describe the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani's recent move in Iraqi Kurdistan than Charlotte Brontë’s apt quote: “give a man enough rope and he will hang himself.” (Martin Jay)

An alert for today in Springfield, Missouri, as seen in the News-Leader:

British Literature Book Club, 1:30 p.m., Midtown Carnegie Branch, 397 E. Central St. Discuss books by British authors over tea and biscuits. Featured: “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë. Free. 417-862-0135