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Underdog: The Other Other Brontë Sister

  • Sarah Gordon
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 19th Century
  • 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573000522

This is not a story about well-behaved women. This is a story about the power of words. It’s about sisters and sisterhood, love and jealousy, support and competition.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Cautions: Strong Language
Charlotte Brontë has a confession about how one sister became an idol, and the other became known as the third sister. You know the one. No, not that one. The other, other one… Anne.

This is not a story about well-behaved women. This is a story about the power of words. It’s about sisters and sisterhood, love and jealousy, support and competition.

Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame.

Premiere Production: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë was first produced at the Dorman Theatre, National Theatre, London, a co-production with Northern Stage, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and opened on 4th April 2024. Running in Stage 1 at Northern Stage 7th-22nd June 2024.

Characters

  • Casting: 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

  • CHARLOTTE BRONTË
    ANNE BRONTË
    EMILY BRONTË

  • An Ensemble plays the following:
    MRS INGHAM, CUNLIFFEE SMITH, GEORGE SMITH, THOMAS NEWBY, HARRIET ARTINEAU, ELIZABETH GASKELL, TABBY, HEGER, BROCKLEHURST, BRANWELL, WESTMINSTER REVIEW, THOMAS REID, ELIZABETH RIGBY, NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, THE SPECTATOR, THE ATLAS, QUARTERLY, CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER, LONDON MAGAZINE, CRITIC 2, GEORGE HENRY LEWES, FONBLANQUE, WEEKLY NEWS, LITERARY WORLD, THE ANTHENAEUM, THACKERY, THE ERA, MAY SINCLAIR, DRIVER

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    Charlotte Brontë has a confession about how one sister became an idol, and the other became known as the third sister. You know the one. No, not that one. The other, other one… Anne.

    This is not a story about well-behaved women. This is a story about the power of words. It’s about sisters and sisterhood, love and jealousy, support and competition.

    Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame.

    		$24.95

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