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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:30 am by M. in    No comments

One of the highlights of the Brontë season opens today, March 27, in London:

Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
a new play by Sarah Gordon
a co-production with Northern Stage
Directed by Natalie Ibu
Wed Mar 27th - Sat May 25th
National Theatre, Dorfman Theatre, London SE1 9PX, UK

Gemma Whelan ... Charlotte Brontë
Adele James ... Emily Brontë
Rhiannon Clements ... Anne Bronté
James Phoon ... Branwell Brontë, Ensemble
Kwaku Mills ... Tabby, Cunliffe, Ensemble
Julian Moore-Cook ... George Smith, Mr. Heger, Ensemble
Adam Donaldson ... Thomas Newby, Mr. Brocklehurst, Ensemble
Nick Blakeley ... Mrs Ingham, Elizabeth Gaskell, Ensemble

Reader, I think you know who is most quotable.

Charlotte Brontë has a confession about how one sister became an idol, and the other became known as the third sister. You know the one. No, not that one. The other, other one… Anne.
This is not a story about well-behaved women.
This is a story about the power of words. It’s about sisters and sisterhood, love and jealousy, support and competition.
Directed by Northern Stage Artistic Director Natalie Ibu (The White Card), Sarah Gordon’s (The Edit) new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame.

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