Underdog: The Other Other Brontë - 2024 - 7/10

Of course not Charlotte, and Emily was much too willful to be anyone’s pushover.
The other Brontë, besides Branwell, was mild, self-effacing Anne, she of unsuspected depths.
Nevertheless, the play gazes at Charlotte throughout.
Domineering, manipulative, self-serving, even treacherous when necessary.
Despite the all for one ethos, sibling competition never ebbs.
Insurmountable difficulties for women writers are sharply drawn, and this is not as syrupy as Mrs Gaskill’s treacly bio.
Familiarity with “Jane Eyre” “Wuthering Heights” (perhaps “The Tenant Of Windfell Hall”) will boost enjoyment.