A Belfast actor has told of his excitement at coming home to tread the boards for the first time in 12 years in a critically acclaimed new production of Jane Eyre.
Paul Mundell, who has appeared in Emmerdale several times, will take on a number of roles in the National Theatre/Bristol Old Vic production at the Grand Opera House , including self-righteous firebrand Mr Brocklehurst, the supervisor at the boarding school for orphaned girls attended by Jane.
"Brocklehurst is English in the Charlotte Brontë novel Jane Eyre but I auditioned for the part using my own accent," said Paul. "I saw this massive firebrand character and coming from Northern Ireland, it made sense to me to play him as Northern Irish. I drew from my own experiences of growing up in Belfast and it seemed reasonable and valid that this firebrand man could be Irish clergy.
"It's true to the way he was portrayed in the book and is based on an amalgamation of people rather than on one particular person. But it works well and the director agreed I should play him with my own voice." (Maureen Coleman)
The
same website lists the show as one that you can't miss.
The Rolla Daily News presents the new season of the local Fine Linen Theatre:
Fine Linen’s 15th season will feature classics like the 1941 classic, Arsenic and Old Lace, one of the country’s most well known comedies, as well as the beloved Fiddler on the Roof. In between these shows is Daddy Long Legs, telling the tail of Jerusha Abbott, the “oldest orphan in the John Grier home.” Fans of Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters will thoroughly enjoy this story based on a classic novel. (Corbin Kottmann)
What Should Girls Watch? according to
First Things:
Jane Eyre (2006 BBC miniseries). Every girl should know this character who turns down the man she loves because, as she tells him, “I must respect myself.” (Mark Bauerlein)
Chortle has some anecdotes to share about the Edinburgh Fringe:
Last year I performed 'Wuthering Heights' as Kate Bush at Midnight Massaoke. After I crowd-surfed my way to the end of the room, I realised I had somehow lost my amazing, lucky, red sequin show pants. We put a tweet out and spread the word around Edinburgh. Everyone in Scotland was searching for the missing show pants. Then four days later someone tweeted me with a picture of them wearing my pants and a ransom note. I got them back for a tenner. (Jess Robinson)
The Skinny reviews
The Divide at the Edinburgh International Festival:
A brief ramble about ‘elite’ power structures serves as the only explanation for the Divide in the first place, and men and women re-integrate with a bounty of sexist jokes. Soween has been fascinated by the banned, ‘radical’ Jane Eyre throughout and, fittingly, it turns out that for all its chest-puffing, The Divide is little more than a marriage plot. (Katie Hawthorne)
Mood Sewciety talks about Victorian fashion:
From the year 1837 up until 1901, Queen Victoria reigned over England. During this period, the first photograph was taken, Charles Dickens reached the height of popularity, and wealthy women across the nation threw coming out parties, presenting themselves in stunning dresses with high collars and flouncing sleeves, or showing off some decolletage in an attempt to win an acceptable marriage proposal. While this was going on, Charlotte Brontë wrote “Jane Eyre,” a story that the less fortunate women of the country could connect with, with Jane’s drab wool ensembles, dreary upbringing, and rigid morals. Victorian fashion, from the wondrous to the woolen, has waltzed back onto the runway. (Molly Hannelly)
Bustle lists literary villains 'who were actually the best part of the book':
Bertha Rochester
Also known as Bertha Mason, or the "Madwoman in the Attic." She's the chief villain of Jane Eyre, but if you were locked in an attic by your husband, you'd probably make weird noises and set everything on fire, too. When Bertha had a mental breakdown, her loving husband Rochester just kinda went, "Eh, lock her in the attic forever, I guess," and made no attempt to help her get better. I mean, I know mental health services weren't great back in the day...but dang, Rochester, that's not a great solution. Set him on fire, Bertha. (Charlotte Ahlin)
China Daily has (literary) vacation ideas:
Yorkshire Moors, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
There's a reason why Catherine loved this place so much. The land is beautiful, and maybe a little bit eerie, which is why it is the perfect location for this classic novel. Feel the drama, the beauty and the mystery of Wuthering Heights. You won't forget the incredible views of Clay Bank or the gorgeous starry nights. You can also visit the Norman castle in Helmsley to add to the whole other-worldly feel. Who knows? You might run into the ghost of Catherine herself ...
Diário de Notícias (Portugal) announces that the
Jane Eyre lithographies in exhibition at the Centro Comercial Colombo in Lisboa will be replaced by another series of the author, Paula Rego, in the coming days:
A curadora da exposição, Catarina Alfaro, coordenadora da Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, disse à agência Lusa que as 21 novas gravuras datam de 1992, e substituem as gravuras inspiradas no romance "Jane Eyre", de Charlotte Brontë, que provêm de 2002.
Catarina Alfaro afirmou que, nas obras que vão ser expostas, "a pintora usou a técnica da água-forte, água-tinta e às vezes a cor, enquanto na série 'Jane Eyre', experimentou a litografia e também alguma cor". (Translation)
A Brontë ('named after the novelist') moppy dog in
ArtForum; and Indian novelist, BS Murthy, who read Charlotte Brontë when younger on
Awesomegang;
Wormwoodiana explores the Branwell-did-write-
Wuthering-Heights conspiracy theory, mainly in the Alice Law version. The novel is reviewed on
Denise Nayve.
thylyre posts about
Jane Eyre.
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