'Wow, I'd love to be someone like that!' Sally Cookson on our passion for Jane Eyre
As her bold staging of the classic novel is screened as part of National Theatre at Home, the director discusses Brontë's genius " and the seismic effects of lockdown What drew you to staging Jane Eyre?It's a story I've loved since I was a child although I didn't read the novel until I was in my 20s. As a kid I was intrigued by the black-and-white film noir version with Orson Welles as Rochester and music by Bern…