The Brontës if it's a drama

YQGrocks reviews the University Players’ production of Polly Teale's Jane Eyre.

Lauren Fields was cast perfectly as Jane and Cole Reid was a textbook Mr. Rochester. Fields captured the inner turmoil Jane felt throughout the story and gave the character a charm and sensibility that dives deep into the original book for inspiration. When she finally recesses to marry Mr. Rochester, Fields tucks Jane’s excitement in her sleeve and proceeds to her wedding with only an inner excitement, as it was in the original. Fields became the unconfident Jane as if she herself was harnessing those exhausting feelings. By the climax of the play, Fields gave Jane everything she had – a character so full of emotion and turmoil that each step of the way was as if pages of the book were being torn away one at a time.
As Rochester, Reid had a certain debonair and charm that we’d expect from a mid-19th century gentleman of wealth. As we later learned, much of that appeal was almost an overprotection of his dastardly secret. Still loveable, even when we uncover the lies, Reid held Rochester together until his decrepit last scenes. In a slight edit to the book, the play doesn’t continue beyond Jane’s reunion with Rochester, which would have given Reid more time to recover.
The rest of the cast held multiple roles, but shined above at certain points. Jacob Free was a bit funny as Rochester’s horse, but really shone as Richard Mason and as hard as portraying an inner self could be, Alicia Plummer gave Jane’s inner self plenty of character, but things got confusing when she switched back and forth between Bertha and the inner Jane.
Taylor Brimmer who also had multiple parts, rocked the role of Bessie, Xanath Fuentes was extraordinary as Abigail with one of the best giggles I’ve ever heard, Eva Flores was judicious as Mrs. Reed and Averey Meloche was the shows outstanding character actor, giving the clergyman and Mr. Brockelhurst distinct old-world allure and divergent voices. He also gave the unglamorous role of Rochester’s dog more bang for the buck than most of the audience expected. He pranced the stage on all fours and short of licking the cast, was surprisingly a great pooch.
The biggest star of the show was costume designer Agatha Knelsen, who captured the 19th century gothic look with an intuitive approach and great attention to detail.
Jane Eyre is ultimately romantic to the core and we must admire her desire for the unconditional passion and love that resides deep in her heart. (Dan Savoie)

The Bolton News tells about the auditions for a Jane Eyre and others for the forthcoming Octagon Theatre production.

Hopefuls have been showing off their talent in the hunt to find a young Jane Eyre.
More than 30 youngsters packed into the Octagon theatre on Saturday as it held its latest round of auditions.
This time the theatre is on the hunt for 10 young actors to appear in a forthcoming adaption of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
Taken under the wing of artistic director Elizabeth Newman, they were vying for parts of young Jane, her cousin John Reed and young Bertha - a part created specially for the new adaption.
Ms Newman said: “It is always brilliant to work with young people, and seeing their creativity and talents in the audition room is uplifting.
“We want to encourage the next generation to get involved and to give everything a try, so it was fabulous to see so many young people at our auditions on Saturday.” (Rosalind Saul)

The Mancunion reviews the film God's Own Country.

Thankfully though, Lee’s portrayal of the isolated village and farmland where the film is set has far more in common with the sublime than it does more passive and quaint portrayals. Indeed, this seems to be the trend among directors at the moment, and you can see the similarities between God’s Own Country and other British films such as Andrea Arnold’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights (2011) or Clio Bernard’s Dark River (2017). (Esmee Samsworth)

McSweeney's has a hilarious list of 'Everything You Know About Me, the Female Character You're Falling in Love With in a Romantic Film/TV Show Written by a Man':

2. I love Jane Austen if this is a comedy, or the Brontë sisters if this is a drama. (Mary Cella)

Writers' pseudonyms are discussed by The Hindu. Teen Ink has a review of Wuthering Heights.