Chapterhouse Theater Company from Britain will present the wild and tempestuous love story of Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights,” set on the beautiful and mysterious Yorkshire moors. The play will be in English with Chinese subtitles.
This tale of passion and revenge has thrilled readers and audiences alike for generations. Now, in an adaptation by award-winning writer Laura Turner, can Catherine and Heathcliff’s love endure, or will the forces of nature tear them apart?
“Wuthering Heights” is Bronte’s only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846, it was published in 1847 under the pseudonym “Ellis Bell,” one year before Bronte died.
Main actress Natasha Stiven (L) and actor Paul David Valentine.
Although Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” is now widely regarded as a classic of English literature, contemporary reviews for the novel were deeply polarized. It was considered controversial because its depiction of mental and physical cruelty was unusually stark, and it challenged strict Victorian ideals of the day regarding religious hypocrisy, morality, social classes and gender inequality.
Author Joyce Carol Oates sees the novel as “an assured demonstration of the finite and tragically self-consuming nature of ‘passion.’”
In the winter of 1999, Chapterhouse Theater Company took its first steps towards becoming one of a number of touring theater companies specializing in performing under the stars and at some of the most beautiful gardens Britain has to offer. The very first performance was at Herstmonceux Castle where the company performed “Romeo and Juliet” by the moat of the beautiful Tudor building. It was the start of an incredible 20 years which has seen the company go from strength to strength changing and adapting to new audiences and challenges every year but holding the same principles of producing warm, traditional and hopefully magical theater in magical surroundings.
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Time: 7:30 p.m., Oct. 27
Tickets: 80-380 yuan
Venue: Shenzhen Children’s Palace, Futian District (福田区深圳少年宫)
Metro: Line 3 or 4 to Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit B