Story of three sisters at Ilkley Playhouse

Brontë runs 12-17 May at Ilkley Playhouse (Photo: Charlie Swinbourne)

Opening Monday at Ilkley Playhouse is the one-of-a-kind tale of Yorkshire's most famous literary family, the Brontës.

In a collision of dreams, imaginings and memories, playwright Polly Teale shows how three great writers emerged - three sisters, three landmarks of the Yorkshire moors, entwined by ties of family, isolation and a passion for the written word.

A spokesperson of Ilkley Playhouse said:

“She challenges the theatre to fill its indoor space with the vast, windswept outdoors of the moors and the sea; with the vast internal storms of human emotions played out within the confines of a family home, a family whose name we know so well – Brontë.

“Witness how their story inspired their writing, as we take you from today, back to the 1840s, to the parsonage in Haworth, where the daily reality of tending to people – the living and the dead – occupies their father, Patrick. Tending to Patrick occupies his three daughters, Emily, Charlotte and Anne. And then there was Branwell, their brother, charismatic and careless, passionate and profligate.“

(Photo: Charlie Swinbourne)

Brontë runs nightly at 7.30pm until Saturday 17th May and tickets are available from ilkleyplayhouse.co.uk