After Mrs Rochester

Event date:

11-13 March 2010

Event time:

7:30pm (Matinee 2:30pm on 13 March)

Event type:

Student Public Performances

Event location:

Sennheiser Studio Theatre, LIPA

Ticket price:

£7.00

Concession price:

£3.50

The tortured author Jean Rhys was obsessed with the novel Jane Eyre – but more particularly with the character Bertha Mason, the first Mrs Rochester and the ‘madwoman in the attic’.

Placing Bertha on stage throughout as Jean’s alter ego, playwright Polly Teale’s remarkable dramatisation of Rhys’s life gives full vent to this obsession – which was to prove the catalyst for The Wide Sargasso Sea. Shared Experience’s original production of After Mrs Rochester, which was directed by Polly Teale, attracted great critical acclaim and won the Time Out award for Best West End Production.

A play by Polly Teale

Performed by final year Acting students.

Contains sexual content. Not suitable for under 16s.