FROM THE ARCHIVES

Season: 1987-1988

9th – 16th April 1988 at 8pm Thunder

By Richard Crane

Directed by Ray Newton

Crane’s play cleverly weaves together the lives of the three Bronte sisters, their brother and father with scenes from their classic novels such as Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Wuthering Heights.

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CAST

Father Bronte

Charlotte Bronte

Anne Bronte

Emily Bronte

Branwell

Rev Nicholls

CREATIVE TEAM

Designer

Richard Hitch

Stage Manager

Tony Mason

Assistant Stage Manager

Maggie Smith, Maisie Ditton

Sound

Simon Lee

Lighting

Gordon Summers

Set Construction

Mike Newbold, Friends

Properties

Ann Source, Maggie Wise

Set Dressing

Maggie Wise, Ann Source

Wardrobe

Joan Hodges

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