(Happy) Marriage Market

A theatrical masterpiece, no less, is what the Oxford Mail says about the Oxford Shakespeare Company's production of Wuthering Heights:

Directed by Michael Oakley, and dramatised by April de Angelis, Wuthering Heights is simply a theatrical masterclass. (...)
It is not only that Wuthering Heights is simple, smart, moving, eye-wateringly beautiful, staged in a place that only elevates it to another dimension, a very definition of the Living Theatre, which is pure pleasure and eye-opener at the same time.
It is that the abundance of talent on stage and behind it is so absolutely stunning.
One might only hope that this group of eight incredibly talented actors and ten fantastic people from the production team will stay together forever, because when these talents are combined, the possibilities are truly endless.
Seeing Wuthering Heights is not only a great experience, but also a service done to Oxford as a theatrical place and to the theatre in general. Personally, I wouldn’t mind spending every evening for the rest of the summer under the trees of Wadham College at all. 5/5 (Stan Skarzynski)

Broadway World announces that Loft Ensemble (Los Angeles) will perform next season (no dates yet) Stephen Kaplan's Branwell and the Other Brontës at the Sawyer's Playhouse, a 40-seat theatre space upstairs from Loft's main stage.

San Diego Gay & Lesbian News reviews a local production of Matilda:

 Mrs. Phelps is impressed that Matilda is reading the likes of Dickens, Dostoyevsky and Brontë, but she’s even more thrilled to find that Matilda’s really good at telling stories. (Jean Lowerison)

Reading is fundamental according to Clearance Jobs:

In my home, everyone owns a tablet and can freely download whatever they choose to read. What’s important is that they are reading. One is re-reading The Silmarillion while another is consumed with Frank Miller’s work on Superman: Year One and yet another is engrossed in cookbooks. My wife relaxes to Charlotte Bronte while I dig into the stack each night to satisfy the mood of the day. Everyone’s reading list is unique, but each is remarkable in its own way. So, when you struggle with what to read, or which reading list to follow, remember one immutable fact. (Steven Matthew Leonard)

evz (Romania) and Donne sul web (Italy). The dilemma of summer reads:

Hermann Hesse sau Gabriel Garcia Marquez? Goethe, Joyce sau Emily Brontë? Finețea psihanalitică a germanului recompensat în 1946 cu Premiul Nobel pentru Literatură sau realismul magic al columbianului alintat Gabo, beneficiarul aceleiași distincții în 1982? Discursul percutant al răsfățatului de la Weimar, modernismul irlandezului care l-a școlit pe Samuel Becket sau victoriana care a scris un singur roman? (Florian Saiu) (Translation)

Cime Tempestose. Un altro grande classico che vi consigliamo di recuperare per quest’estate, si tratta dell’unico romanzo scritto da Emily Bronte a metà del 1800 ma che è bastato a renderla una delle scrittrici più famose della storia. Questo libro narra la storia di Heathcliff, del suo amore per Catherine, e di come questa passione finisca per distruggere entrambi. Infatti, elementi quali la gelosia e la vendetta hanno un ruolo centrale nello sviluppo della trama, che scatena effetti negativi sugli individui. (Roberto D'Eugenio) (Translation)

ForumOpera (in French) prefers Samuel Barber's Vanessa to Bernard Herrmann's Wuthering Heights:

Et si on la compare à ce que faisaient les compositeurs de musique de film lorsqu’ils s’aventuraient dans le genre lyrique, la différence éclate aussitôt : là où Vanessa possède un impact immédiat grâce à sa concision même (à peine deux heures), Wuthering Heights de Bernard Herrmann, exact contemporain de Barber, semble bien dilué. (Laurent Bury) (Translation)

MaxMag (Greece) posts an article about Emily Brontë. Reader Gal reviews Jane Eyre. My Goddess Complex posts about the marriage market in  Jane Eyre and Pride & Prejudice.

And finally, the WTF moment of the week: Bonobology includes a Wuthering Heights quote in a list of 'beautiful quotes that define a happy marriage'. As Captain Lorca would say... context is for kings.