The Demured Tenant

Cambrian News announces the premiere of Lucy Gough's new piece The Wild Tenant, inspired by The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:

A new play by Aberystwyth writer Lucy Gough premieres next month.

‘A Wild Tenant’ opens at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 5 September.

Theatre, radio and TV writer Lucy said: “This play was like a stranger in the night, taking up residence and refusing to leave, bringing with it many unexplored buried feelings. It was a wild tenant, but also a joy to write, and has become - I hope - a darkly funny and honest play.

“It started when a TV producer told me to read ‘The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë's novel.

“She was aware I had adapted ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Brontë for radio and stage, and written about Charlotte Brontë. I was only vaguely aware of Anne Brontë and had not read this novel.

“In bed with flu I read it and was captivated; it is as good as her sister's novels and the honesty and accuracy with which she wrote about the complex relationship between a woman and her alcoholic husband (behaviour Anne experienced daily with her brother Branwell) stirred memories of childhood and of complex conflicting feelings towards someone you love and admire but who leads such a chaotic destructive life. I do not think I had ever read such a truthful courageous account of this sort of experience.

“I started an adaptation of the novel but quickly abandoned this to write my own play. Inspired by what it was that had touched a chord so profoundly, the play fell out! It is an intense, dark, sometimes violent but often funny two hander. (...)

The play is co-directed by myself and Angharad Lee, with set design by Peter Lochery and costumes by Llinos Griffiths Gough.  (...)The play is at Aberystwyth Arts Centre from 5-7 September before touring to Newport, Swansea, Caernarfon and Cardiff.  (Julie McNicholls Vale)

Remind publishes some of Elvis Presley's favourite movies:

In her 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, Priscilla Presley wrote about the movies Elvis loved to watch again and again. Here are a few of his favorites. (...)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
An adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic British gothic novel, this film was directed by William Wyler, the man behind classic films like Roman Holiday and Ben-Hur (for which he won the Best Director Oscar in 1959). Marketed with the tagline “The greatest love story of our time…or any time!”, the film starred Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon as the tragic, star-crossed lovers Heathcliff and Cathy. David Niven portrayed Edward, the practical man Cathy marries in spite of her very impractical love for Heathcliff. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, but won only Best Cinematography — Black and White. (Gabrielle Moss)

 The 'crazy' female protagonist in Crime Reads:

The easiest place to start is with Jane Eyre’s Bertha Rochester, the originator of the madwoman as we’ve come to know it. Bertha’s husband brought her to a new country, locked her in a room when she exhibited “a violent and unreasonable temper” (his words, not hers), then proceeded to hold her hostage while he went on to marry another woman. Although Bertha has come down to us as an unsympathetic monster, modern readers are likely hip to the fact that it’s actually Rochester who is the monster—though, as the hero afforded more time and attention, more sympathetic on the page. (Caroline Wolff)

Glamour discusses Taylor Swift's albums. Talking about The Tortured Poets Department: 

Together with the album artwork and music videos, it brings to mind classic Victorian female writers like Emily and Charlotte Brontë and Emily Dickinson or modernist authors  like Virginia Woolf. (Elle Turner)

 Entertainment Weekly presents the novel House of Blight by Maxym M. Martineau:

The novel, the first in a duology, is "Jane Eyre" meets Sarah J. Maas. (Maureen Lee Lenker)

Hello! Fashion discusses the #demure TikTok trend:

 Remaining cool, calm and collected at all times is key. Think ironically camera-shy actors like Rooney Mara who stay clear of the limelight at any given occasion. Think Audrey Tatou’s cherry-lipped, bob-haired character Amélie, who is shielded away from the bustling Montmartre streets. Think Jane Eyre. Each is an individual lesson in the art of acting demure. (Tania Leslau)

The Times lists the best shows on Paramount+: 

Frasier (...)

Nicholas Lyndhurst as Frasier’s old friend Alan, Anders Keith as Frasier’s nephew David and Toks Olagundoye as Roz analogue Olivia promise to become more than makeweight substitutes for the original cast, while jokes about Oedipus and the Brontë sisters prove there’s been no shedding of wit. And if the reboot is not for you, all 11 series of the masterful original (1993-2004) are also available. (Tim Glanfield  Joe Clay)

Town & Country lists (already!) autumnal quotes, including that one by Emily.