Pure Adaptation

I wish you did not think of me as a woman,quot; said Charlotte Bronte to critics, when it was revealed that she authored Jane Eyre under a male pseudonym, Currer Bell. quot;Now, you will keep measuring me by some standard of what you deem to be becoming in a woman.quot; This emotion is all over as one leafs through Bronte8217;s Jane Eyre. quot;And in its stage enactment by the Shared Experience Theatre,quot; claims the British group8217;s associate director Polly Teale about the musical.

quot;The power of a novel is the intimacy the reader developes with its characters. A characteristic seldom found in adapted versions 8212; very few can go beyond the surface of the names, deep into their sentimentality and memories. Our Jane Eyre is one of them,quot; challenges Teale, who gave every other adaptation a miss so that she wasn8217;t influenced.

The Shared Experience Theatre8217;s Jane Eyre, at Jameshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA. On Jan 28 amp; Jan 29. Time: 7.00 pm.