Interpreted Performance of Jane Eyre

The second program in the Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s Books-on-Stage series is Orson Welles’ adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s gothic love story, Jane Eyre. In his script, Welles writes, “Jane Eyrehas acquired the full respectability of an English classic and has lost none of its color. It began as one of those books which everybody read and no nice person wouldever read. For Jane Eyre, appearing in England as it did early in the reign of Queen Victoria, came as a general shock and was an immediate success — as appalling and popular as a royal scandal and as widely circulated as gossip!”

LBSC presents this Old-Time-Radio classic with a special feature for the live audience American Sign Language interpreters will be on stage, offering the story for those with hearing loss or impairment, while the LBSC actors offer it live on the web as an exclusively audio experience. Those attending the live performance will see how a show was produced during the Golden Age of Radio, as the actors play their parts in 1940’s period costumes and produce the live sound effects.