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| JANE EYRE (1936) |
On tour from December 1936 to April 1937
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CAST
Mrs. Fairfax: Viola Roche
Leah: Phyllis Connard
Jane Eyre: Katharine Hepburn
Mr. Rochester: Denis Hoey
Adele Varens: Patricia Peardon
Mason: Irving Morrow
Grace Poole: Teresa Dale
Blanche Ingram: Sandra Ellsworth
The Maniac: Teresa Guerini
Lady Ingram: Katherine Stewart
Lord Ingram: Reginald Carrington
Briggs: Wilfrid Seagram
Rev. Wood: Reginald Malcolm
Diana Rivers: Barbara O'Neil
Hannah: Marga Ann Deighton
St. John Rivers: Stephen Ker Appleby
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CREDITS
Playwright: Helen Jerome
Based on the novel by: Charlotte Brontė
Producer: Theatre Guild Inc.
Staged by: Worthington Miner
Settings and Costumes by: Lee Simonson
Production supervised by: Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langer
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CRITIQUES
"Jane Eyre suits her better than The Lake and she is more of an actress now than she was then. Her part in the current piece is prim and quaint, particularly on the surface, and she keeps it fragile, dainty and immaculate all through the evening....She plays Jane with exquisite grace of movement."
- Brooks Atkinson, reviewing the Chicago production for The New York Times
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COMMENTARY TRACK
"Kate's interpretation of Jane Eyre was fascinating. She played the role with a quiet wit, a delicate charm and sense of gaiety and exuberance. Joan Fontaine, in the film, showed the governess as mousy, beaten, shy, yet bold. Kate played the part with spirit, she confronted it, and she dealt with Rochester, her employer, with a certain sharp intelligence. It was the very best portrayal of the role I have seen, on stage or screen."
- Worthington Miner
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Katharine Hepburn
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