Masterpiece Theatre: Jane Eyre
A reminder that part two of Masterpiece Theatre’s Jane Eyre is on this Sunday 28 January 2007, and there are several re-runs of part one if you didn’t catch that last week. It received largely good reviews in England, and continues to do so here. I have only been able to watch the beginning of Part I, and was disappointed. It moved far too quickly, and I wonder if it would be intelligible to anyone who had not read the book. (And if you haven’t, why not? It’s one of the best books, ever.) I was glad to see young Jane’s clever response on how she’ll avoid hell, though poor Helen hardly got any screen time at all. I think some of the detail should have been left out, rather than giving it such short shrift.
I’m eager for Jane to meet Rochester, and I expect to have a better experience as the show progresses.