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We are Three Sisters

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We are Three Sisters

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Poet, playwright and novelist Blake Morrison evokes the lives of the Brontë sisters, with a nod to Chekhov’s Three Sisters. Against the backdrop of a windswept northern village, three remarkable young women live their lives brightly. In Haworth in the 1840s, in a gloomy parsonage, where there are neither curtains nor comforts, Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë light up their world with outspoken wit, aspirations, dreams and ideas. And throughout their confined lives intensely lived… they write. With a touch of poetic licence, Morrison shows us the overwhelming humanity, charged emotions and brooding unease which characterise the Brontë household - and that of Chekhov's Three Sisters. Blake Morrison's play We Are Three Sisters was first performed at the Viaduct Theatre, Halifax, in 2011. 'Well-researched... beautifully intact, and speaks absolutely to the constrained world the Brontës inhabited' — Telegraph 'Morrison's use of the Three Sisters template is as intelligent as it is daring... a finely tuned piece' — Guardian 'An excellent play, beautifully written... see it if you have an interest in the Brontës, love Yorkshire, or just want to see a new example of a good, straightforward play' — publicreviews.com 'Goes some way to setting right the many myths and easy answers that seem to have grown round the Brontë family... with its honest and vigorous humour, it banishes the gloom.' — Stage

Author Biography:

Blake Morrison is a poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. He has also written a study of the James Bulger murder, As If. Since 2003, Morrison has been Professor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Release date NZ
September 8th, 2011
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
96
Dimensions
130x196x8
ISBN-13
9781848422148
Product ID
10828468

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