Brontë (play) explained

Brontë was a 2005 play by British playwright Polly Teale about the lives of the Brontë sisters, their brother Branwell and their father Patrick. It also featured characters from the sisters' novels such as Cathy and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights (1847).[1]

The play was staged at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, in 2005 and again in 2011.[2] In 2010 there was a production of Brontë at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, directed by Nancy Meckler.[3] In 2015-2016 there was a production of Brontë by the Promethean Theatre Ensemble in Chicago, directed by Jaclynn Jutting.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/stage/2005/09/brontes.shtml "We cannot know...."
  2. http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/9021162.Playwright_inspired_by____spirited____Bronte_sisters/ "Playwright inspired by ‘spirited’ Bronte sisters"
  3. http://www.sharedexperience.org.uk/bronte.html Shared Experience: Brontë