Villette
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
‘The sky is the first thing, I haven’t…
I haven’t ever seen the sea, it isn’t
the colour I…
The boat dips and…’
Lucy Snowe, a clone – one of three, survivor of a deadly pandemic sets out on a journey in search of a future. She travels to an archaeological dig, a hill of bones, a project looking for the elusive Lady of Villette.p>
But the hill slides, haunted by the past Lucy begins a faltering journey back to living and the possibility of desire.
‘To say it, I never said it out-loud,
That love…
Could be possible.’
On the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë’s birth, West Yorkshire Playhouse celebrates her unique genius with a daring new adaptation by Linda Marshall-Griffiths.
Linda Marshall-Griffiths
Linda Marshall-Griffiths writes for theatre and radio. Her original plays include Dream of White Horses, Things Might Change or Cease and Pomegranate. She has also adapted for BBC Radio Four To the Lighthouse, Wings of the Dove and A Prayer for Owen Meany. Her contemporary re-imagining of Orpheus and Eurydice won the Grand Prix at the Prix Marulic Festival 2016. She lives in Yorkshire.
Related to Villette
Related ebooks
The Monster Under the Bed Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKeith? or Moliere Rewired Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBroken Lad Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNext Swan Down the River Might be Black Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Shore to Shore Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHoming Birds Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Underground Man: adapted for the stage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Spell of Cold Weather: - stage play Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWoman of Flowers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBloody Elle (NHB Modern Plays) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given To Me By A Young Lady From Rwanda Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Naturalists Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRichard Bean: Plays Five Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Care Takers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Christmas Carol - Enhanced Edition: A Full Cast Audio Drama Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Road to Glory Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingscollector of tears & other monologues Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Divided Laing: Or The Two Ronnies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Resettlement of Isaac Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wider Earth (NHB Modern Plays) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Diary of a Hounslow Girl Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Classic Fairytales: Retold for the Stage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWho Do We Think We Are?: - stage play Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Clink (NHB Modern Plays) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Alan Ayckbourn's "A Chorus of Disapproval" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Reluctant Escapologist: Adventures in Alternative Theatre Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCombustion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJames IV: Queen of the Fight (NHB Modern Plays) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTituba (NHB Modern Plays) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStephen Jeffreys: Plays (NHB Modern Plays) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Performing Arts For You
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Robin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diamond Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book: The Script Book Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Importance of Being Earnest: A Play Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sisters Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Macbeth (new classics) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coreyography: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Romeo and Juliet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wuthering Heights Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hamlet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Count Of Monte Cristo (Unabridged) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Strange Loop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unsheltered: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hollywood's Dark History: Silver Screen Scandals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fifth Mountain: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Our Town: A Play in Three Acts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Sherlock Holmes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Midsummer Night's Dream, with line numbers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best Women's Monologues from New Plays, 2020 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Dolls House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Villette
0 ratings0 reviews