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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
As we have been publishing these last few weeks , the London Children's Ballet premieres today, May 15, a new production based on Jane Eyre (originally premiered by the London Children's Ballet in 1994, with an original score by composer Julia Gomelskaya and choreography by Polyanna Buckingham.). The new choreography is by Nicole Tongue. London Children's Ballet Jane Eyre...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Orange County Register reviews the performances at the Brethren Christian Junior & Senior High School of Jane Eyre: A Musical Drama by Gordon & Caird: A bedroom set aflame and haunting laughter is heard throughout the halls. Who is responsible? What secrets hide behind the walls? In the midst of it all, two people fall in love. But how will they live happily ever after? Charlotte...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The London Children's Ballet is set to bring Charlotte Brontë's masterpiece, Jane Eyre, to London's West End. This adaptation, performed by 54 rising stars between the ages of nine and 15, follows the young orphan Jane's bittersweet journey from her bleak time at the charity school, Lowood, through to her tender relationship with Mr Rochester.
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Some days ago, the Ilkley Playhouse performed Polly Teale's Jane Eyre in Cumbria . Now, the company will be in their own city (Ilkley, West Yorkshire) for a brief season. As published in the Wharfedale & Airedale Observer : The next production at Ilkley Playhouse is Jane Eyre' adapted by Polly Teale from the novel by Charlotte Bronte. It will be showing in the Wildman Studio...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
We published some days ago a post trying to cover some of the reactions caused by the casting of Ellen Page as Jane Eyre in a BBC Films/Ruby Films film project. Today, The Independent devotes an entire article to the question that acts almost as a summary of the arisen controversy. Nina Gold, acclaimed casting director, has a clear view on the subject: All the fuss about Ellen Page being...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
There's more Brontë in the news than just movie adaptations: 1. The Scotsman unveils an unexpected Jane Eyre reference in a documentary about teenage mothers, which will air tomorrow, May 12, in BBC2: Teen Mum High . Meanwhile, Kayleigh's teacher, herself the adopted child of a teenage mother, displays both empathy for her young charges and a heroic commitment to change. Teaching a class...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Another Jane Eyre world premiere. A few days ago it was a new musical opening in Redlands, California . Today we announce the world premiere of Jane Eyre: Fantasy Overture by Tracey Rush . The premiere will take place today, May 11, in Des Moines, Iowa: Des Moines Community Orchestra Spring Concert Our Spring Concert concludes or concert season. Music Director and Conductor,...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A new musical adaptation of Jane Eyre opens today in Redlands, California. It is written by Jana Smith (who is also the author of the musical score with Brad Roseborough) and Wayne R. Scott. Jane Eyre LifeHouse Theatre May 10 - June 8, 2008 Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2:15 p.m. Sundays, with one Thursday evening performance at...
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Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The London Children's Ballet present Jane Eyre at the Peackock Theatre. Get 50% off all tickets for Friday 16 May.
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The casting of JUNO star ELLEN PAGE as the lead in a forthcoming BBC Films adaptation of JANE EYRE has angered UK TV bosses, it has emerged.According to the ...
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Filmstalker (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... film is part of the deal. News comes from .Not everyone is over the moon about being cast as Jayne Eyre in the BBC Films adaptation. A British TV executive has been quoted on saying:No one is doubting Ellen Page's acting abilities, but why a BBC movie of Jane Eyre couldn't have a British actress in the lead is pretty hard to stomach. It's not as if we don't have enough talented...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
A.J. Kiesling writes for Crosswalk.com : I once read a magazine article with the opener: “How did a generation of women grow up wanting to marry Edward Rochester?” The protagonist of Charlotte Bronte’s classic Jane Eyre is dark, brooding, intelligent, quick-witted yet cynical. Still, for all his negative qualities (Jane herself describes him as “not handsome”) Rochester manages...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Cantor, Jack London or Robert Ruark could be touched. Other books were fair game. Such titles as "Jane Eyre," "Little Women," "A Tale of Two Cities" and anything by Laura Ingalls-Wilder were common depositories. ( Bruce Florquist ) And the following comes from a naïve review of a place called Edna's Beach Café that appears on a reader's blog in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer : Say...
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BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of nineteenth-century women novelists. Close readings of works by five British novelists—Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot—offer persuasive accounts of the ways in which women used stealth tactics to outmaneuver their detractors. Chapters examine the 'hidden manifesto' in Austen's works, whose imaginative heroines defend women's writing; the lasting...
