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After Mrs. Rochester
Polly Teale
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Description for After Mrs. Rochester
Paperback. Jean Rhys was obsessed with Jane Eyre - and more particularly with Bertha Mason, the first Mrs Rochester and the "madwoman in the attic". Placing Bertha on stage throughout as Jean's alter ego, this dramatization of Rhys' life gives full vent to this obsession. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 144 x 5. Weight in Grams: 112.
The hit show from Shared Experience Theatre Company based on the tortured and passionate life of Jean Rhys and her most famous book, Wide Sargasso Sea, the prequel to Jane Eyre.
In Wide Sargasso Sea – 'one of the works of genius of the 20th century' The Times – Jean Rhys first gave voice to Bertha Mason, Mr Rochester’s first wife in Jane Eyre.
Polly Teale's play is a dramatisation of Rhys’ life, placing Bertha on stage throughout as Jean’s alter ego, and giving full vent to her obsession with the 'mad woman in the attic'.
After ... Read more was first staged at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in July 2003 by Shared Experience Theatre Company.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854597458
SKU
V9781854597458
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99-5
About Polly Teale
Polly Teale is Artistic Director of Shared Experience. Her plays include Mermaid (based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen), Mine, Speechless, After Mrs Rochester (winner of Time Out and Evening Standard Awards), Brontë, and an acclaimed adaptation of Jane Eyre.
Reviews for After Mrs. Rochester
'A revelation, a rare feat of theatrical imagining'
Evening Standard
'True dramatic dynamism – breathes new life into both subject and form'
Independent
'Has the imaginative fluency and depth of feeling that audiences have come to expect from Shared Experience at its best – a major success'
Sunday Telegraph
'Stunning... total theatre'
Mail ... Read more
Evening Standard
'True dramatic dynamism – breathes new life into both subject and form'
Independent
'Has the imaginative fluency and depth of feeling that audiences have come to expect from Shared Experience at its best – a major success'
Sunday Telegraph
'Stunning... total theatre'
Mail ... Read more