Jane Eyre

‘Singer Andrea Corr donned a period dress yesterday for her forthcoming role as Jane Eyre. The Dundalk-born pop star plays the lead in the eponymous romantic drama opposite actor Stephen Brennan as Lord [sic] Rochester. It opens at Dublin’s Gate Theatre on November 9.

Although Corr declined to talk to media yesterday, the Gate’s artistic director Michael Colgan revealed he approached the 36-year-old after seeing her in a production of playwright Brian Friel’s DANCING AT LUGHNASA at the Old Vic Theatre in London in February.

“I was hugely impressed with her performance. That’s when she and I started talking,” said Mr Colgan.

In this adaptation by Alan Stanford of Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Corr plays Eyre, a young woman who survives a wretched childhood, unbroken in spirit and integrity, to eventually fall in love with the troubled Mr Rochester. Previews start on November 4.’ – Belfast Telegraph, 6^th October 2010

The production was scheduled to close on 15^th January 2011 but the run was extended to 14^th February by popular demand.

Cast & Crew

Crew
Unknown	Fiona Bell
Unknown	Aisling Franciosi
Unknown	Lisa Lyons
Unknown	Oisin Nolan
Unknown	Barry O’Connell
Unknown	Amy O’Donoghue
Unknown	Anabel Sweeney
Unknown	Zoe Talbot
Unknown	Ellen Walters
Bertha Mason	Donna Anita Nikolaisen
Blanche Ingram / Diana Rivers	Catherine Walker
Lady Ingram / Miss Temple	Noelle Brown
Lord Ingram	Barry McGovern
Mr Brocklehurst	Owen Roe
Mrs Fairfax	Barbara Brennan
Older Jane, narrator	Deirdre Donnelly
St John Rivers	Peter Gaynor
Young Jane	Chloe McCormack Grant
Jane Eyre	Andrea Corr (4^th November 2010 – 15^th January 2011)
Mr. Rochester	Stephen Brennan (4^th November 2010 – 15^th January 2011)
Jane Eyre	Dawn Bradfield (17^th January – 14^th February 2011)
Mr. Rochester	David O’Brien (17^th January – 14^th February 2011)
Costume design	Leonore McDonagh
Director	Alan Stanford
Lightning design	James McConnell
Set design	Bruno Schwengl
Assistant director	Aoife Spillane-Hinks

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