A pearl of a play

The Holllywood Reporter interviews Mia Wasikowska (audio here) and thinks that

[T]here is an outside shot that she might score a best actress Oscar nod for her critically acclaimed take on the oft-attempted title character in Jane Eyre. (Scott Feinberg)

Blake Morrison's We Are Three Sisters is going to be performed in Newscastle and the Chester Chronicle announces it:

Against the backdrop of a dark, remote northern town, three remarkable young women live their lives brightly. Haworth 1840s, in a gloomy parsonage where there are neither curtains nor comforts, Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë light up their world with outspoken wit, aspirations, dreams and ideas. Anyone who has read a Brontë novel cannot fail to be stirred by their overwhelming humanity, charged emotion and brooding and prescient unease with the status quo. With exquisitely drawn characterisations, a nod to Chekhov and a touch of poetic license, this pearl of a play - written by Blake Morrison and presented by Northern Broadsides - evokes with piercing clarity the life and distinct personalities of these three spirited individuals. (Michael Green)

The Vine thinks that Wuthering Heights 2011 was one of the best things to be seen at the London Film Festival:

Oscar-winning director Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights featuring Skins actress Kaya Scodelario and newcomer James Howson. Despite Wuthering Heights author Emily Bronte describing Heathcliff as a “dark skinned gypsy”, “Spanish gypsy” and a “little lascar” (19th century term for Indian saliors - according to the Guardian) in the novel, this adaptation is the first time ever that a dark skinned actor has played the male lead, making this story more about race than class. (Kel Griff)

The Sunday Times reviews Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeannette Winterson and the anecdote that was the seed of her Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is retold:

Mrs Winterson [her mother] read Jane Eyre to her but changed the ending so Jane becomes a missionary. (Daisy Goodwin)

The Philippine Star interviews the actress Lovi Poe:

“My favorite books have female characters whom I would love to play one day,” she said.
They are:
1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. “The love story of Cathy and Heathcliff was stormy and traumatic, yet it can be real. I was devastated.” (Girlie Rodis)

The Sydney Morning Herald reviews the Maldesons Guesthouse in Goulburn, Australia:

It feels almost like walking into a Brontë novel and I feel a strong urge to use words such as "indubitably" and "forthwith" until my wife tells me to knock it off and talk properly. (Nick Galvin)

The Star (Malaysia) reviews Jeffrey Eugenides's The Marriage Plot:

The “marriage plot” categorises a storyline that typically centres on the courtship between a man and a woman and the obstacles faced by the potential couple on their way to the altar. You’ll find it in the works of Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters, in most rom-coms and Bollywood productions. (Alan Wong)

The Guardian reviews What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791 to the Present by Joanna Bourke:

As Bourke seems to accept when she recounts the exchange, this may have been the message of an unidentified man interviewed by an American journalist in Rwanda not long after the genocide in which around a fifth of the country's population was killed. The man, who is described only as "a pygmy", asked the journalist if he had read Wuthering Heights, and went on to endorse what he described as the principle of the book – the idea that all humanity must unite together in the struggle against nature, "the only way for peace and reconciliation". After a pause, the journalist observed: "But humanity is part of nature, too." Unfazed, the "pygmy" replied, "That is exactly the problem." (John Gray)

The Runcorn and Widnes World talks about a local school initiative to promote the love of learning:

Enthusiastic children are sharing their passion for Jane Eyre at a classic reading club – before school.
They debate politics after lessons, keep thinking journals and plan to edit their own newspaper and become radio producers.
It is all part of a new approach to inspire students at St Peter and Paul Catholic College in Widnes.

The Independent on Sunday tries to understand why some writers are forgotten and others not:

This year there are new film versions of both Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Holmes is back, Count Dracula is always around, Oz and Wonderland are painfully overfamiliar. (Christopher Frawley)

EDP24 suggests having your wedding in Yorkshire:

The wild moors of the Yorkshire Dales inspired one of the most romantic novels of all time, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. If you choose to celebrate your wedding in Brontë Country you can be sure of a mysterious, wild, windswept celebration, with your very own Heathcliff.

 SouthCoast Today vindicates women's history:

OK, so I know it's not March and technically we're not allowed to talk about women's history except for that one month of the year, but ... all this got me thinking about the importance of having a central learning pool for a much-ignored facet of history. I say ignored because, Eleanor Roosevelt aside, I just don't remember many stirring portraits of women in my history books. I generally found my heroines in works of fiction, like "Jane Eyre." (Alexis Hauk)

Abigail's Ateliers posts pictures of her attendance the Jane Eyre 2011 pre-release event at the Brontë Parsonage and the BBC filming at the Parsonage for the Breakfast News; the film is reviewed on Maati.tv, Squarise; Shertown Studios and Knihovna (in Czech) post about Wuthering Heights.