The classic Jane Eyre comes to Arts Centre

Adapted and directed by Michael McCaffery, one of the best loved classics of all time, Jane Eyre is brought to you in this vivid new adaptation by City Theatre Dublin, Jane Eyre comes Mullingar Arts Centre on Friday, November 7 at 12.30pm and 8pm.Charlotte Bronte"s love story with a difference takes an unconventional heroine - the plain, unremarkable governess Jane Eyre - and charts her growth to passionate, independent womanhood as she pursues her dream of marrying the man of her choice - the mysterious and tempestuous Edward Rochester.Jane Eyre is a story of love and madness, passion, retribution and self-fulfillment. Set against the tumultuous landscape of the Yorkshire Moors, this Victorian masterpiece of mystery and suspense is also a highly personal account of one woman"s victory over the prejudice and discrimination which face her and thousands like her.Acclaimed and decried in equal measure when it first appeared, Jane Eyre was quite literally, a sensation. Its outspoken attitude towards society, religion and sex was revolutionary, while the rich mix of melodrama, Gothic horror and tempestuous romance makes for a theatrical tour-de-force.Mysterious, sensual, secretive, brutal-and often humorous, Jane Eyre is part psychological study, part fairy tale. Featuring some of Ireland"s most exciting emerging talent, City Theatre Dublin"s new adaptation draws on a variety of theatre and performance styles to bring this powerful, vital drama to life onstage. Adapted and directed by Michael McCaffery, follows the company"s acclaimed version of Wuthering Heights.Orphaned in infancy, Jane is forced to depend on the grudging charity of contemptuous relatives, enduring hardship and cruelty before being forced into the only work possible for her - governess to a child as little loved or wanted as herself.But Jane triumphs over each adversity, turning it to her advantage until she is free to take her proper place in the world.