Terry Morgan – ArtsBeatLA
As a Literature major in my distant past, I have a shameful confession to make – I’ve never read Jane Eyre. I’ve read Ulysses and Absalom, Absalom, Toni Morrison and Annie Proulx, but never quite got to Charlotte Brontë. I was certainly aware of the basic story from the film and tv versions and the novel’s influence on pop culture, but I hadn’t read the thing itself. And I still haven’t. However, I have seen the new production at A Noise Within of Elizabeth Williamson’s adaptation of the book, and I can say this without reservation: Reader, I loved it. This is a superb show on every level, funny and moving and entertaining, and I can’t recommend it more highly. Read more…