by Christina Calvit
based on the novel
by Charlotte Brontë
July 14 – July 17, 2022
The past is a ghost, the future a dream and all we ever have is now.
Orphaned at a young age, this play follows the story of Jane Eyre, who overcomes her abusive and lonely youth by finding accomplishment in her position as a governess at Thornfield Hall, the home of the charming and mysterious Edward Rochester. She is drawn to the Master of the house, but a secret of his past threatens to destroy their future. As Jane learns to leave the ghosts of her own past behind in pursuit of the happiness she seeks, new found family, an inheritance, two proposals and a devastating house fire turn her life upside down, shaping her into the independent, free spirited woman she always wanted to be.
Christina Calvit’s adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s famous novel Jane Eyre follows the original story, but also focuses on Jane’s gradual ability to shed the ghosts of her past to become an icon of early feminism.
Cast
Jane Eyre – Katharina Kröcker
Edward Rochester – René Glebke
St John Rivers – Vinay Krupakaran
Helen Burns – Claudia Roth
Mrs Reed – Marie Hermanns
Mr Brocklehurst – Yannick David Schornstein
Mrs Fairfax – Eva Johanna Onkels
Adele Varens – Lisa Gartz
Grace Poole – Andrea Roth
Blanche Ingram – Marie Hermanns
Mary Ingram – Andrea Roth
Lady Ingram – Claudia Roth
Amy Eshton – Eva Johanna Onkels
Richard Mason – Vinay Krupakaran
Dr Carter – Dario Rolf
Reverend Wood – Yannick David Schornstein
Bertha Rochester – Lisa Gartz
Hannah – Marie Hermanns
Diana Rivers – Eva Johanna Onkels
Mary Rivers – Andrea Roth
Townsperson / Porter – Dario Rolf
Costumes
Katharina Kröcker, Eva Johanna Onkels
Make-up and Hair
Props
Claudia Roth
Vinay Krupakaran
Light
Emilie Pan
Posters and Programme
Thomas Bender, Katharina Kröcker
Public Relations
Eva Johanna Onkels, Katharina Kröcker
Management
René Glebke, Eva Johanna Onkels, Elisabeth Raasch, Katharina Kröcker
Our sincere thanks to
The Computer Science Department at RWTH Aachen University, especially Dr. Dirk Thißen and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Wehrle; Kulturbetrieb der Stadt Aachen: Frau Sandra Schmitz; Klangbrücke Aachen; Aachener Hausmeister-Zentrale (WEG Merowinger Residenz) – and to all those supporting us in making the magic of theatre finally happen again!
Funded by the
Photos
by Thomas Bender
