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Brontë: The World Without

Brontë: The World Without

By Jordi Mand
Subjects: Feminist Theatre, Biography, Family Life, Siblings, Ontario Playwrights, Women Writers, History
Casting: 3 f
Duration: 135 hours
Imprint: Playwrights Canada Press
Paperback : 9780369101020, 160 pages, August 2020
Ebook (PDF) : 9780369101037, 250 pages, August 2020
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780369101044, 250 pages, August 2020

Description

What happens when a passion is turned into a means to survive?

Sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë have always enjoyed writing and storytelling, but so far, it’s been for their own personal enjoyment. Now that their father is sick and their brother is an alcoholic, they have to be the ones to support the family. They’d rather focus on their careers than settling down with suitors anyway, so writing is what could save them. But is it also what could tear them apart? Jealousy, rivalry, and the strong need for self-expression threaten not only their livelihoods and relationships but also their confidence in creativity and what could be their legacy.

Told over five days in the span of three years, the fascinating story of the Brontë sisters’ pioneering literary careers unfolds to show what it was like to be an ambitious woman in the 1800s, and how similar it looks to the struggles women still face today.

Reviews

“Mand unquestionably did a masterful and extensive job of research, unearthing intriguing aspects showcasing the Brontë women’s lives, examining the socio-economic constraints of the 19th century while dutifully reminding today’s audiences of just what brilliance existed within the walls of this rather bland little family home in Haworth in the west riding of Yorkshire."

- Geoff Dale, London Free Press

“Jordi Mand is a gifted writer. In Brontë: The World Without, she not only creates the isolated, confined world in which the Brontë sisters lived and wrote, she also illuminates the mysterious, solitary world of the writer, the obsessive need to create with words. We read the works of the Brontë sisters with new insight and understanding of what it took to create those books because of Jordi Mand’s play.”

- Lynn Slotkin, The Slotkin Letter