14 April. Jane Eyre from National Theatre.

This excellent staging of the Jane Eyre story came courtesy of the National Theatre, It resulted from a collaboration between the NT and the Bristol Old Vic under the direction of Sally Cookson. To be honest, romantic fiction is not what I'd normally read, even if it is a classic but this staging of the story was both rivetting and ingenious in its use of a minimalist set and the way the story was brought to life. Injected with dashes of comedy (e.g., the playing of Rochester's dog by an actor), the play moved at a dashing pace with excellent acting by Nadia Clifford who played Jane and Tim Delap who was Rochester.