Overview
Character Name
Bertha
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Featured
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
Yorkshire, England, 1845
Analysis
Bertha is the first wife of Mr. Rochester in Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre. She is a wild, passionate woman who has been reduced to madness and primal frustration. Her appearance on the stage is a visual expression of the emotions Charlotte suppresses and disowns,
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