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Story of three sisters at Ilkley Playhouse

Sunday, 11 May 2025 16:00

Brontë runs 12-17 May at Ilkley Playhouse (Photo: Charlie Swinbourne)

Opening Monday at Ilkley Playhouse is the one-of-a-kind tale of Yorkshire's most famous literary family, the Brontës.

In a collision of dreams, imaginings and memories, playwright Polly Teale shows how three great writers emerged - three sisters, three landmarks of the Yorkshire moors, entwined by ties of family, isolation and a passion for the written word.

A spokesperson of Ilkley Playhouse said:

“She challenges the theatre to fill its indoor space with the vast, windswept outdoors of the moors and the sea; with the vast internal storms of human emotions played out within the confines of a family home, a family whose name we know so well – Brontë.

“Witness how their story inspired their writing, as we take you from today, back to the 1840s, to the parsonage in Haworth, where the daily reality of tending to people – the living and the dead – occupies their father, Patrick. Tending to Patrick occupies his three daughters, Emily, Charlotte and Anne. And then there was Branwell, their brother, charismatic and careless, passionate and profligate.“

Brontë runs nightly at 7.30pm until Saturday 17th May and tickets are available from ilkleyplayhouse.co.uk

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