Jane Eyre

Synopsis

A bold and theatrically inventive adaptation of the literary classic that puts the interior life of the novel on stage.

As a child, the orphaned Jane Eyre is taught by a succession of severe guardians to stifle her natural exuberance.

A part of herself is locked away, out of view of polite society... until she arrives at Rochester's house as a governess to his young child.

Soon Rochester's passionate nature reawakens Jane's hidden self, but darker secrets are stirring in the attic...

'Polly Teale has liberated Jane Eyre in a way that Charlotte Bronte could not...

Her most inspired idea is to fuse the mad woman in the attic with Jane's younger self' - <i>Observer</i>

'Puts the interior life of the book on stage as well as its narrative.

Adaptations of this quality can't be dismissed as a poor second to reading the book' - <i>Time Out</i>

'one of the finest and most searching stage adaptations I have ever seen... this Jane Eyre succeeds as both a wise distillation of the novel and a thrilling piece of theatre in its own right' - <i>Daily Telegraph</i>

Themes

• Eyre, Jane
• Governesses
• Governesses--Drama
• Governesses--England--Yorkshire--Drama
• Man-woman relationships
• Man-woman relationships--England--Yorkshire--Drama
• PR6070.E19 J36 1998
• Young women
• Young women--Drama
• Young women--England--Yorkshire--Psychology--Drama
• Young women--Psychology