Can you begin by telling us about your show and what inspired it?
Jane Eyre Wasn't a Whore is a part Rom-com, part period piece that will leave you laughing and blocking that guy (yes, that guy!) Brontë fanatic and aspiring actress Anne Brauer, a woman who is staunchly opposed to conventional modern dating. However, things take a gothic turn when she finds herself in a situationship with fellow actor Graham Huntington. Much like in a musical where characters burst into song, in this, Anne bursts out into passages from Brontë novels.
I am a huge Brontë fan. When my friends would rant to me about their dating lives and situationships, I would more often than not send a quote from a Brontë novel and say SEE! THIS IS YOU! I think all three of the sisters dissect and explore modern dating in the most accurate, powerful, way I have ever experienced. A lot of the inspiration for this show came from wanting to bring people into that world. (...)
What do you hope audiences take away from watching your performance?
I really want people to leave feeling seen. If I can get the audience thinking "Why would she do that?" AND "I've totally done that" I will be thrilled. That's what the Brontë novels have consistently done for me. OH and laughing! I want people to leave laughing.
The historic Yorkshire church which helped produce Britain’s most celebrated literary family
On the 29th of December 1812, a wedding took place which produced Britain’s most celebrated literary family.
Maria Branwell, who until then had spent most of her 29 years in Penzance, married the 35-year-old curate of St. Peter’s Church, Hartshead, the Rev. Patrick Brontë.
After both her parents had died, she was invited to join her uncle John Fennell and his wife Jane at their home in Yorkshire.
Once there, she helped her aunt to run the household of a new boarding school near Rawdon.
Her uncle had been appointed headmaster of the school, known today as Woodhouse Grove, and when he required the services of an external classics examiner, he got in touch with old friend Patrick Brontë.
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Roger Ratcliffe)
Broadway World announces the revival of
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Dougie Blaxland with Alison Campbell this September:
Live Wire & Roughhouse Theatre's critically acclaimed production of Charlotte Brontë's timeless classic Jane Eyre: an autobiography is coming to the Greenwich Theatre on 25th & 26th September marking a deeply poignant anniversary in the great novelist's life. (...)
As Director Shane Morgan explains “there is no doubt whatever that the devastating impact of Maria and Elizabeth's deaths at just 10 & 11 years old respectively was key to the germination of the Jane Eyre whose orphaned heroine endures childhood loss, rejection and isolation as she embarks on her quest for familial love and somewhere to belong.
Adapted by award winning playwright Dougie Blaxland and produced by the same creative team that won the 2021 National Campaign for the Arts Award Live Wire & Roughhouse Theatre's Jane Eyre: an autobiography is in fact a revival of the 2015 production that was hailed “a theatrical tour de force from a company with a rare gift for bringing classics to life with loyalty, energy and intrigue”.
Central to bringing Jane Eyre: an autobiography back to the stage 178 years after its original publication is what Movement Director Moira Hunt describes as “its compelling relevance for women in the 21st Century” arguing that “Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre broke the mould of the Victorian female stereotype through its dramatisation of a woman of independent mind and means who refuses to be subservient in any way to her male counterparts.” (Stephi Wild)
The
Daily Express is stunned by the Rotten Tomatoes 'perfect score' of
Jane Eyre 2006 and quotes some random people in socials:
The series was an instant hit with fans and dominated the 2007 award season, winning a BAFTA and three Primetime Emmy Awards. Jane Eyre currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
It is based on the book of the same name, which is widely considered one of the greatest novels of all time. Praising Brontë's work online, one wrote: "Everyone should be a fan of Jane Eyre, it’s the greatest novel ever."
Another agreed: "I absolutely love and adore this book . It is now my favorite . If you're thinking of reading it, do not hesitate and read it immediately because you'll regret the moments you spent without reading this masterpiece!" (Jennie Buzaglo)
Yorkshire Dales (,..) Walking is an excellent way to take in the Yorkshire Dales’ breathtaking views and charming villages. You’ll also want to hop aboard the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway, and steam through the landscapes that inspired the Brontë sisters. (Roshina Jowaheer & Jo Blyth)
The Times and this article about the 'new wellness symbol', chic pillboxes, contain an unexpected Brontë mention:
Luxury brands are cottoning on. There’s Remsen’s $200 “die-cast” aluminium pill container, whose “radial” layout of AM and PM divided holes looks a little like an old rotary dial phone ($195, remsen.co), while Anya Hindmarch offers bespoke monogramming on her zipped nylon and tan leather pill pouches (£250 and £295, anyahindmarch.com). There are endless antique silver and brass versions around too, so you can rattle around as authentically as, say, Coleridge or Branwell Brontë. (Harriet Walker)
El Periódico (Spain) interviews the writer Juan Bolea about his new book,
Casa de Indianos:
En un momento de la obra, el comediante se pregunta por qué una presencia que atisba en un entorno inquietante que ni en ‘Cumbres borrascosas’, huye de él. El médico que lo atiende le responde: «Porque dudaría que estuviera usted realmente muerto. La frontera con la vida es muy tenue, apenas una delgada línea». (Alfonso Vázquez) (Translation)
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