Young Jane Eyre

by Marisha Chamberlain
Based on the story by Charlotte Bronte

In this adaptation of the first nine chapters of Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece, 10-year-old Jane Eyre is sent away from her uncaring aunt’s home and thrust into the strange and harsh world of Lowood School. There Jane is confronted with meager living conditions: little food, somber clothing, and strict rules. At first, she only finds joy in school books, but then she comes to know a kind teacher, Miss Temple, and a gentle classmate, Helen. Many joys are discovered in her friendships but above all, Jane learns to cherish life and look without fear towards her future.

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Quick Details

  • Type: Play
  • Length: 105 minutes
  • Availability: Available for productions worldwide
  • Cast Size: 34 roles | Doubling possible

Full Details

Roles:

  • Jane Eyre
  • Mrs. Reed, her aunt
  • John, her cousin
  • Eliza, her cousin
  • Georgiana, her cousin
  • Bessie Turbee, nursery maid
  • Coachman
  • Brocklehurst, Headmaster
  • Miss Miller, Lower teacher
  • Miss Temple, Superintendent
  • Miss Scatcherd, Upper teacher
  • Madame Pierrot, Upper teacher
  • Mrs. Harden, the cook
  • Barbara, Servant girl
  • Mrs. Brocklehurst, Headmaster's wife
  • Augusta Brocklehurst
  • Theodora Brocklehurst
  • Doctor
  • Lucy Gillespie, Student Monitor
  • Laura Cooper, Student Monitor
  • Jillian Fyfe, Student Monitor
  • Susan Evans, Student Monitor
  • Helen Burns, Student Monitor
  • Grace Johnson, Student Monitor
  • Phoebe Walker, Middle Student
  • Patricia Knapp, Middle Student
  • Caroline Warren, Middle Student
  • Sally Pebles, Middle Student
  • Julia Severn, Middle Student
  • Edith Robbins, Middle Student
  • Dorothy Eveleth, Lower Student
  • Emmy Bristol, Lower Student
  • Mary Ann Wilson, Lower Student
  • Judy Vaughan, Lower Student

The following resources are included in each performance license:
  • Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:
  • Logo/Media package

Marisha Chamberlain

Marisha Chamberlain is a poet, playwright, and screenwriter whose work has been seen throughout North America. She has written 15 plays and screenplays, notably Scheherazade, which, in its world premiere at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, won the FDG/CBS Regional and National Awards. Ms. Chamberlain has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation and the Jerome Foundation. She attended Macalester College and the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, as well as Middle Tennessee State University and Goddard College.

Originally commissioned and produced by Children's Theatre Company in 1988

Reviews

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The issues that the children have to deal with, such as bullying, loneliness, rumors, and more, will ring true with younger audience members and perhaps some older attendees as well.

- Anchorage Press
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Marisha Chamberlain’s script remains close enough to the novel to retain the story’s captivating strength, but the play isn’t so wordy that it might lose a ten‑year‑old’s attention. Chamberlain manages to slip in Jane’s complicated family history without weighty expositions… Those unfamiliar with Brontë’s story will have no trouble following the plot, and Jane Eyre’s stalwart devotees, of which there are understandably many, will never feel cheated.

- Minnesota Daily