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RSS Feeds`Wow, I`d love to be someone like that!` Sally Cookson on our passion for Jane Eyre
(The Guardian Culture News)

 
 

7 april 2020 14:25:02

 
`Wow, I`d love to be someone like that!` Sally Cookson on our passion for Jane Eyre
(The Guardian Culture News)
 


As her bold staging of the classic novel is screened as part of National Theatre at Home, the director discusses Brontëīs genius - and the seismic effects of lockdown What drew you to staging Jane Eyre?Itīs a story Iīve loved since I was a child although I didnīt read the novel until I was in my 20s. As a kid I was intrigued by the black-and-white film noir version with Orson Welles as Rochester and music by Bernard Herrmann. When I read the book at drama school, I thought: that film completely misses the point. It might as well have been called Rochester. The book is a clarion call for equal opportunities for women, not a story about a passive female whoīll do anything for her hunky boss.I was struck by how modern Charlotte Brontëīs Jane seemed - her spirit and strong will, her peculiar and brilliant mind. She lashes out against anything that prevents her from being herself. I just thought: wow, Iīd love to be someone like that. Itīs such an epic story and has been so often turned into film, TV, theatre and ballet versions. I was intrigued as to why we keep going back to it. Continue reading...


 
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