Jane Eyre and the Secrets of Thornfield Manor
T0267609661
The year is 1848. Legendary playwright John Courtney is finishing his adaptation of Mr. Currer Bell's Jane Eyre... The actors are preparing in the dusty corridors, the audience are making their way through the foggy London streets... On stage, Jane Eyre grows from a lonely orphan into a young woman, and finds work as a governess at Thornfield Hall. She meets the dark, mysterious Mr Rochester and explores the even darker secrets of her new home. Meanwhile in Haworth, Yorkshire, Charlotte Bronte, still disguised by her male pseudonym of Currer Bell, discusses Courtney's adaptation of her beloved novel with her brother Branwell. She is not best pleased by Courtney's 'improvements' ... The delicious Betty Bunce and the knavish Joe Joker are Courtney's delightful servant characters. They serve Brocklehurst, Rochester and other characters whilst getting into scrapes, fights, love triangles and, as Courtney says, "all the uproarious escapades of the lower order..." Their fate is now tied in with that of their masters! From an unlikely friendship, and the frightening events which occur in Thornfield, Jane and Rochester learn to trust one another, and then begin to fall in love... But Rochester has a secret, which will shatter all...
Archive :: production:T0267609661, play:S1494191114, venue:V369
Production details
This event takes place at the ColourhouseTheatre
