Underdog. The Other Other Brontë

One of the highlights of the Brontë season opens today, March 27, in London:

Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

a new play by Sarah Gordon

a co-production with Northern Stage

Directed by Natalie Ibu

Wed Mar 27th - Sat May 25th

National Theatre, Dorfman Theatre, London SE1 9PX, UK

Gemma Whelan ... Charlotte Brontë

Adele James ... Emily Brontë

Rhiannon Clements ... Anne Bronté

James Phoon ... Branwell Brontë, Ensemble

Kwaku Mills ... Tabby, Cunliffe, Ensemble

Julian Moore-Cook ... George Smith, Mr. Heger, Ensemble

Adam Donaldson ... Thomas Newby, Mr. Brocklehurst, Ensemble

Nick Blakeley ... Mrs Ingham, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ensemble

Reader, I think you know who is most quotable.

Charlotte Brontë has a confession about how one sister became an idol, and the other became known as the third sister. You know the one. No, not that one. The other, other one… Anne.

This is not a story about well-behaved women.

This is a story about the power of words. It’s about sisters and sisterhood, love and jealousy, support and competition.

Directed by Northern Stage Artistic Director Natalie Ibu (The White Card), Sarah Gordon’s (The Edit) new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame.