Brontë

Ravenswood School for Girls

Fifteen students from the Year 11 Drama class at Ravenswood School for Girls produced Polly Teale's Brontë in June this year. In five weeks the girls produced a stunning production of this play which goes on a journey through the extraordinary lives of the Bronte sisters and Victorian England. One of the features was the set, which included the edges of the performance space and the upstage wall covered with pages torn from books. The design captured the literary landscape and mood of the play, and evoked the domestic world of the Bronte parsonage and the kitchen table from which these young women wrote some of the most passionate literature in the English language.

“Three Victorian spinsters, living in isolation on the Yorkshire moors.” Polly Teale’s Brontë outlines the incredible tale of the Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Living in the 1800s, a time when women would never have considered making a living from writing, these intelligent, imaginative sisters poured their passion and creativity into what would become worldwide bestsellers, which have transcended time. The Yr 11 Drama class created the set, sourced costumes and props, worked on lighting and promotion, helped direct and produce, and of course prepared their performances. The result was an intense and moving production.

Zoe Sadler (Yr 11), Director and Drama Captain. Rights available from Dominie Drama.