Bad boys streaming

The Sunday Times explores the difficult resurrection of live theatre in the UK:

Maybe they’re at home with a live stream or watching theatre on Amazon, Netflix or iPlayer — some believe this has been “a game changer”. Having experimented in lockdown, many theatres are working to improve their offering, diversify income and reach Covid-shy audiences. “We need to make sure that those people who don’t feel safe to go out can access the programme,” says Tom Morris, artistic director of the Bristol Old Vic, which will stream Emma Rice’s version of Wuthering Heights. Tellingly he refers to Bristol’s physical sales as “in-theatre tickets”. The challenge, he says, is to make theatre broadcasts earn their pay-per-view price, because “it’s shit if it’s shit. People really notice. We need to capture the atmosphere of the live performance.” (David Jays and Liam Kelly)

The National Theatre has announced final dates for the performances of Emma Rice's version of Wuthering Heights in London:  

Wuthering Heights

A co-production with Wise Children, Bristol Old Vic and York Theatre Royal

based on the novel by Emily Brontë

adapted by Emma Rice

From 3 February to 19 March 2022

Running Time: TBC 

Still time to nominate charities for The Telegraph & Argus cash giveaway:

* Undercliffe Cemetery. Says Nick Holland: "Undercliffe Cemetery is the final resting place for so many important people, from former mayors and industrialists to rugby internationals, war heroes and the Brontë sisters' nurse. It tells the story of Bradford and a team of volunteers keeps it in great condition, as well as holding regular tours. A grant would help them through the winter. It really is a jewel in Bradford's crown."

Bad boys on Women's Web (India):

There is no doubt whatsoever that the bad boy image is romanticized by the movies we watch and the books we read. For a lot of us, the bad boy image that we find irresistible probably started with Charlotte Brontë’s Mr. Rochester of and Jane Austen’s Fitzwilliam Darcy. (Roopa Swaminathan)

Le Monde (France) interviews the French musician Clara Luciani:

J'ai eu très jeune une passion pour le romantisme, les personnages de Gustave Flaubert, les histoires de Charlotte Brontë, le couple George Sand-Alfredde Musset, raconté dans Elle et lui (Louis Hachette). (Annick Cojean) (Translation)

The Pursuit of Love 2021 is reviewed in Le Figaro (France):

Au Royaume-Uni, La Poursuite de l’amour de Nancy Mitford est sur la table de chevet des jeunes filles au même titre que Jane Eyre et Orgueil et Préjugés. (Constance Jamet) (Translation)

Carrie, from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books has read Praying with Jane Eyre by Vanessa Zoltan:

 I just finished reading Praying With Jane Eyre which I found to be transformative – truly one of those books that makes you look at everything differently. 

In La Voz de Galicia (Spain) we read:

María Isabel Díaz comentó que «Galicia es tristemente una de las esquinas de España más desconocidas», que el paisaje de la costa lucense que se ha encontrado al llegar le recordaba a Cumbres borrascosas y que se emocionó al oir las gaitas en la bienvenida (donde estuvo presente la agrupación O Feitizo, el jueves). (Yolanda García) (Translation)

Heathcliff always comes in handy to describe political situations. Radio Perfil (Argentina) is the latest news outlet in using him:

Claro que la poética y la filosofía no hacen de Horacio Rosatti un tipo fácil ni un blandito. De algún modo es el Heathcliff de “Cumbres borrascosas”, que se fue arruinado y maldito del Ministerio de Justicia de Néstor Kirchner en 2005 y volvió cortesano una década después, en primera instancia por decreto de Mauricio Macri y luego con aval del Senado. (Edi Zunino) (Translation)

The Eyre Guide reviews Mrs. Rochester's Ghost by Lindsay Marcott.