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JANE EYRE
Devised by the Company
Based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë
A co-production with Bristol Old Vic
Running time: 3 hours 20 minutes (including a 20 minute interval)
Credits
Musicians
BENJI BOWER
WILL BOWER
Mr Brocklehurst/ Pilot/ Mason
CRAIG EDWARDS
Helen Burns/ Adele
LAURA ELPHINSTONE
Rochester
FELIX HAYES
Musician
PHIL KING
Bertha Mason
MELANIE MARSHALL
Bessie/ Blanche Ingram/ Diana Rivers
SIMONE SAUNDERS
Mrs Reed/ Mrs Fairfax
MAGGIE TAGNEY
Jane Eyre
MADELINE WORRALL
Other parts played by members of the company
Director
SALLY COOKSON
Set Designer
MICHAEL VALE
Costume Designer
KATIE SYKES
Lighting Designer
AIDEEN MALONE
Music/ Music Director
BENJI BOWER
Sound Designers
MIKE BEER
DOMINIC BILKEY
Movement Director
DAN CANHAM
Fight Director
RENNY KRUPINSKI
Dramaturg
MIKE AKERS
Company Voice Work
RICHARD RYDER
Staff Director
ELLEN HAVARD
Jane Eyre digital programme
Now available for iPad and iPhone
Enjoy new, exclusive content about this production in the enhanced
digital version of the Jane Eyre print programme.
Explore:
- An introduction from Sally Cookson
- The role of music in the production
- Exclusive video interview with director Sally Cookson about the
devising process
- Jane Eyre as an artist
- Article by acclaimed biographer Claire Harman about Charlotte
Brontë and the publication of Jane Eyre
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Sally Cookson on devising Jane Eyre
“Adapting a novel for the stage is a challenging prospect – especially
when that novel is cited as many people’s favourite of all time. The book
has taken on legendary status – the title is famous throughout the world,
most people have heard of the central character and have a notion of
what the story is about, regardless of whether they have read the book.
It is always daunting when you’re working on a story which everyone
knows so well, because you want to surprise and maybe challenge
people’s expectations, without losing any of the things which make them
like the story in the first place. Our job has been to turn it from a book
into a piece of theatre. Essentially that means creating something new –
the experience of reading a book is very different to watching a play.
Rather than approach the novel as a piece of costume drama, I was
keen to explore the themes and get to the heart of the story and
characters in a theatrical way.
The devising process involved us as a company responding to the book.
On that first day of rehearsal, there was no script, no read-through, just
us as company taking a deep breath together, making a leap into the
unknown.”
Extract from Sally Cookson’s introduction in the digital programme for
Jane Eyre
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