Description
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 Mrs Rochester was first staged at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in July 2003 by Shared Experience Theatre Company.
Nationwide tour, Spring 2003: Northampton Theatre Royal 6th-15th March; New Wolsey, Ipswich 18th-22th March; Oxford Playhouse 8th-12th April; Thoresby Riding Stables 15th-17th April; Lyric Theatre Hammersmith 22nd April - 10th May; Cambridge Arts 13th-17th May; Yvonne Arnaud, Guilford 20th-24th May.
About the Author
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), Bronte, and an acclaimed adaptation of Jane Eyre.
Reviews
'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 on Sunday *Book Information
ISBN 9781854597458
Author Polly Teale
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Weight(grams) 107g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 128mm
