Jane Eyre back in Beijing

A favourite of Beijing's theatre scene is on the NCPA's stage for the 18th time (at least, according to Xinhua News: 

Jane Eyre

Based on the novel of Charlotte Brontë

Playwright: YU Rongjun

Stage Director: WANG Xiaoying

Stage Designer: LIU Kedong

Lighting Designer: XING Xin

Costume Designer: GAI Yan

Make-up Designer: ZHAO He

Props Designer: WANG Pu

Sound Designer: ZHOU Tao

Cast

Jane Eyre: ZHU Jie

Rochester: PU Cunxin

NCPA

December 14-21, 2023

Silent piano, dusty suitcase…Under the spotlight, Jane Eyre in a gray dress enters the stage like a still life painting. In the misty fog of England, the lady, standing outside the gate of Thornfield Manor, unintentionally starts the destiny engine of everyone in this ancient manor…

In June 2009, the NCPA drama Jane Eyre was premiered. This was the first version of this literary classic Charlotte Bronte on the Chinese drama stage, with famous WANG Xiaoying as director and YU Rongjun as playwright. Original poetry and agile stage vocabulary help tens of thousands of audiences immerse into the 160-minute performance to run through the whole storyline and be moved by true love again.

From the premiere in early 2009 to the sophistication in 2019, the drama has been not only presented at the NCPA for several rounds, but also has been invited to hold the spotlight at the Beijing People’s Art Theatre and National Theatre of China. National tour of Jane Eyre swept Shanghai, Chongqing, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Fuzhou and other places.