Tread The Boards Theatre Company

Written by Polly Teale, Brontë beautifully evokes the real and imagined worlds of the Brontës, as the fictional characters come to haunt their creators. It is 1845. Branwell returns home in disgrace. Plagued by alcohol and drug addiction, he has been dismissed from domestic service following an affair with the mistress of the house.

As their brother descends into alcoholism and insanity, bringing chaos to the household, the sisters write. How is it possible that three Victorian spinsters, living in isolation on the Yorkshire moors could have written some of the most powerful and passionate fiction of all time?