Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
by Sarah Gordon

Name: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
Brand: Sarah Gordon
SKU: 9780573000522
Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)

Highlights

Female

120 mins 19th Century Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle) Bare Stage/Simple Set Period Costumes

Synopsis

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.

Sarah Gordon’s 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.

Press Reviews

"A funny, bubbling, bolshie play about sisterhood, feminism, creativity and fame."
— Financial Times

"It uncovers the flesh and blood females behind the Brontë myth while interrogating entrenched patriarchy in a broad satire punctuated with amusing anachronistic dialogue."
— Daily Express

"This blistering myth-buster hits the wuthering heights."
— London Theatre

"Richly entertaining."
— The Reviews Hub

"Gordon’s dialogue is blunt, funny and wilfully anachronistic."
— TimeOut

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
CHARLOTTE BRONTË	—	—	—
ANNE BRONTË	—	—	—
EMILY BRONTË	—	—	—
MRS INGHAM, CUNLIFFEE, SMITH, GEORGE SMITH, THOMAS NEWBY, HARRIET MARTINEAU, ELIZABETH GASKELL, TABBY HEGER, BROCKLEHURST, BRANDWELL, WESTMINISTER REVIEW, THOMAS REID, ELIZABETH RIGBY, NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, THE SPECTATOR, THE ATLAS, QUARTERLY, CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER, LONDON MAGAZINE, CRITIC 2, GEORGE HENRY LEWES, FONBLANQUE, WEEKLY NEWS, LITERARY WORLD, THE ANTHENAEUM, THACKERY, THE ERA, MAY SINCLAIR, DRIVER	female	—	—