Drama Jane Eyre

Venue: National Centre for the Performing Arts - Theatre

Dates: Jun. 26, 2013-Jun. 30, 2013

Duration: approximate 160 mins (no intermissions)

Price: VIP/580/500/420/300/180 RMB

About

Production: National Centre for the Performing Arts

Co-produced by National Centre for the Performing Arts, National Theatre of China

Presenter: National Theatre of China

Author: Charlotte Bronte

Playwright: Yu Rongjun

Director: Wang Xiaoying

Stage Design: Liu Kedong

Lighting Design: Xing Xin

Costume Design: Gai Yan

Make-up Design: Zhao He

Leading Cast: Yuan Quan, Wang Luoyong

The silent piano, closed suitcase...under the spotlight, Jane Eyre, in a long grey skirt, bursts into the still life-like stage. In the misty fog, standing outside the Thornfield manor gate, Jane Eyre unintentionally starts the fate engine of the people in this old manor.

In June 2009, Jane Eyre pioneered by NCPA was staged for the first time, and this was also the first interpretation of Charlotte Bronte's classical novel of the same name on the stage of drama in China. Wang Xiaoying and Yu Rongjun served as the director and the writer respectively. With undiluted poetic language and excellent stage effect, thousands of audiences were immersed into the amazing 160-minute play, and quickly identified with the characters of the play.

Synopsis

Jane Eyre, prefers a life of solitude, comes to Thornfield Manor to be the tutor of the manor master Rochester's adopted daughter after she graduates from boarding school. Thornfield Manor is a mystery place, but this does not affect Jane Erye's quiet teaching life until the day Rochester, traveled away from home unexpectedly comes back. Everything starts to change. Rochester is a man with gloomy and moody character, but the pure Jane quickly captures his heart. Although with different social status, the two people's superficial indifference cannot conceal their inner passion, quickly falling in love. One with tragic childhood, and the other with unfortunate encounter of the past marriage, Jane and Rochester meet, they feel, they understand and they love each other. At the wedding, Jane Eyre unexpectedly discovers that Rochester's wife does not die; instead she is mad and prisoned in the manor. Rochester begs for forgiveness. Badly astonished, Jane leaves. With the help from a clergyman, Jane gets a new job, a village teacher. The clergyman's propose makes Jane realize that—she is still in love with Rochester. So, Jane desperately comes back to Thornfield Manor that has long been in ruins. Then, the mad wife is dead and Rochester becomes blind. After so many hardships, they re-meet on the ruins, Jane affectionately plays the piano music which she ever played for Rochester on their first meeting, then, and love is renewed from their inner hearts....