Tag: Charlotte Bronte

Dear Reader Episode 10: All That Victorian Jazz

September 16, 2022

Season Finale!

Grab your Playbills and pens and meet me at the stage door of the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, as I look at the history of, and review, the 2001 Broadway musical “Jane Eyre,”starring Marla Schaffel and James Barbour, with music and lyrics by Paul Gordon, and book by John Caird.

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Dear Reader Episode 09: Neck Biters and Bodice Rippers

August 12, 2022

LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED: SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT

Grab your wooden stakes and prophylactics and prepare yourselves for a WILD ride! In the first half, I discover what Jane Eyre would be like as a vampire hunter by looking at Jane Slayre by Sherri Browning Erwin (and Charlotte Bronte). The second half heats up by several HUNDRED degrees as I do some dramatic readings from Jane Eyrotica by Karena Rose (and Charlotte Bronte).

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Dear Reader Episode 08: East of Jane

July 15, 2022

In this episode, I tackle theatrical adaptations of Jane Eyre from outside of England!

For the first part (no subtitles), I look at “Haza Al Ragol Oheboh” (This Man I Love) released in Egypt in 1962.

In the second part (yay! subtitles), I look at “Sangdil” (Stone-hearted), released in India in 1952.

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Dear Reader Episode 07: Funny Books

May 20, 2022

In this episode I tackle graphic novels and manga!

For the first part, I am joined by QnoA co-host Harrison/Harry/Harold the Fishman Chute as we look at the 2012 Jane by Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramon K. Perez.

In the second part, I look at 2015’s Manga Classics Jane Eyre by SunNeko Lee and Crystal S. Chan.

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Dear Reader Episode 06: Battle of the Janes

April 15, 2022

In this episode, I pit the 1944 and 2011 film versions of “Jane Eyre” against each to see which is the more faithful (and successful) adaptation!

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Dear Reader 05: Meter and Rhyme

February 11, 2022

In this episode, I interview poet Rita Maria Martinez regarding her collection of Jane Eyre poetry entitled The Jane and Bertha in Me.

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Dear Reader 03: Space Ghosts

December 10, 2021

Finally! An episode on books! I examine and review Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne (2018) and Mrs. Rochester’s Ghost by Lindsay Marcott (2021). Are these re-imaginings “successful”? How do they fare on my Jane Eyre rubric? Do I deem them worthy of the classification of “literature”? Tune in and find out!

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Dear Reader 02: The Silence and the Sound

November 12, 2021

In this episode I tackle silent films and radio adaptations of Jane Eyre.

For the first part I take on the difficult task of examining two different silent films…that I have not seen! I know, I know! The 1910 version starring Irma Taylor (Jane) and Frank Hall Crane (Rochester) has been lost to time and Woman and Wife (aka The Lifted Cross) from 1918 starring Alice Brady (Jane) and Eliot Dexter (Rochester) survives in an incomplete state at the BFI National Film and Television Archive. I do my best to piece together what they are about and look at reviews at the time to give my best analysis on how well they accomplish adapting the source material.

In the second half of the episode, I look at the Lux Radio Theatre production of Jane Eyre from June 14, 1948 starring Ingrid Bergman as Jane and Robert Montgomery as Rochester. Listen to the radio play here.

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Dear Reader 01: The OG Jane Eyre

October 15, 2021

In this inaugural first episode, I look at the source material Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Why do I love it so? Why do people despise it? Why does it endure? I answer these questions before diving into a plot synopsis and giving historical context to the novel. I then examine the Classical trope of “dutiful wife vs sorceress,” three varied types of Christians, Jane’s heroine’s journey, and more!

In the second half of the episode, I speak with licensed marriage and family therapist Dr. Renae Lapin about the men in Jane’s life and her relationships with them.

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Dear Reader Promo

September 10, 2021

DEAR READER, A JANE EYRE PODCAST! A new limited series podcast examining the legacy of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre through the lens of its varied and various interpretations.

The series will launch with a look at the source material, investigating why it has endured for so long, why people love or hate it, and whether Mr. Rochester is an abusive love interest.

In the coming months, I will pair two interpretations each episode from similar (or dissimilar) forms of media and see how well they reflect or build upon the source material. Some examples of the media I will be looking at are television, film, radio, theatre, manga, sci-fi, “what-ifs,” and more.

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