Brian Butler watches the latest streaming from the National Theatre and finds it over-long
Brian Butler watches the latest streaming from the National Theatre and finds it over-long
The plot roars, of unjust life and hope, of love and wonder, of duty and cruelly, of lost folk and lack of opportunities and of the voices of clear minds that yearn and ache for recognition and love and it’s true to Bronte in that. Simple, evocative, engaging and seriously well acted this is thoroughly modern Eyre, and as relevant today as when it was written, it’s still un unjust world for many people, so grab any young person and take them to this production and treat your friends if you can get a ticket… We need theatre like this, to remind us how important it is to live on our own terms, as Jane says.. “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will..”