Brontë-inspired plays

Messenger reviews the performances of Polly Teale's Brontë at Altrincham Garrick giving it 4 stars.

Charlotte and Emily write of fictional characters such as Bertha Rochester and Cathy Earnshaw who return to haunt them.
These are the most difficult scenes in a difficult play to make convincing but Marcella Haze who plays them both, succeeds perfectly.
The two leading novelists are played by Parissa Zamanpour as Charlotte and Amy-Lou Harris as Emily who convey well the differences in their characters.
We also learn more about Anne Brontë who acts as peacemaker between her two warring sisters. She is played by Portia Dodds whose portrayal of her final illness and last visit to the seaside is sad,
Andrew Higson is authoritative as Patrick Brontë, whose role reflects the patriarchal society in which they live, as well as three other characters.
The roles of Branwell, Heathcliff and Arthur Huntingdon go to Anthony Morris whose passionate portrayal of the inebriated Branwell is unforgettable.
Geoff Scullard’s lighting is exceptional especially when creating the effect of burning pages.
This play could easily become confusing but director, Barry Purvis ensures that it never does. (Julia Taylor)

Golden Transcript reviews The Moors at the Arvada Center.

Silverman’s sense of humor keeps surfacing throughout and one quickly learns to watch for little gems. [...]
Director Anthony Powell, who has done a fine job of timing and staging “The Moors,” comments in his notes about the playwright Jen Silverman: “Thus Silverman began the process of creating a fictional pair of such dreamers — sisters Agatha and Huldey — with which to channel the Brontë legacy into something quirkily original and entirely her own. Most importantly, they harbor underground literary ambitions and — again like the Brontës — attempt to write themselves out of their own unsatisfactory lives.”
This is an original and delightful addition to the Black Box Repertory series, which got off to a great start last season. I’m really happy that Lynne Collins and Arvada Center management have developed this excellent addition to the local theatre scene. Try to get tickets for this gem. (Sonya Ellingboe)

Epic Reads recommends 7 sci-fi books which are perfect for fairy tale fans and one of them is

 Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne
This Jane Eyre among the stars will hit all the feels—especially with the brooding romance from the original we know and love.
Seventeen-year-old Stella Ainsley wants just one thing: to go somewhere—anywhere—else. Her home is a floundering spaceship that offers few prospects, having been orbiting an ice-encased Earth for two hundred years. When a private ship hires her as a governess, Stella jumps at the chance. The captain of the Rochester, nineteen-year-old Hugo Fairfax, is notorious throughout the fleet for being a moody recluse and a drunk. But with Stella he’s kind.
But the Rochester harbors secrets: Stella is certain someone is trying to kill Hugo, and the more she discovers, the more questions she has about his role in a conspiracy threatening the fleet.

Atlas Obscura has an article on 'How to Take a Literary Pilgrimage in the Real World'.

A trek to the windy, wild moors conjured in Wuthering Heights might involve a stop at the Brontë Parsonage Museum, and a visit to Top Withens and Ponden Hall, two homes thought to be the likely candidates for Thrushcross Grange and the novel’s namesake manor, respectively. (And if you happen to have £1,250,000 to spare, you can buy Ponden Hall yourself.) (Jessica Leigh Hester)

Smithsonian magazine echoes the story of Ponden Hall being for sale.