Fairfax_ Miss Alexes Leighton
_Grace Poole_ Miss Masson
_Bertha_ Miss D'Almaine
_Adele_ Mdlle. Clemente Colle
_Mr. Rochester_ Mr. Charles Kelly
_Lord Desmond_ Mr. A. M. Denison
_Rev. Mr. Price_ Mr. H. E. Russel
_Nat Lee_ Mr. H. H. Cameron
_James_ Mr. C. Stevens
Mr. Wills confined the story to Thornfield Hall. One critic described
the drama at the time as 'not so much a play as a long conversation.' A
few years ago James Willing made a melodrama of _Jane Eyre_ under the
title of _Poor Relations_. This piece was performed at the Standard,
Surrey, and Park Theatres. A version of the story, dramatised by
Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer, called _Die Waise von Lowood_, has been rather
popular in Germany.
{168a} Alexander Harris wrote _A Converted Atheist's Testimony to the
Truth of Christianity_, and other now forgotten works.
{168b} Julia Kavanagh (1824-1877). Her father, M. P. Kavanagh, wrote
_The Wanderings of Lucan and Dinah_, a poetical romance, and other works.
Miss Kavanagh was born at Thurles and died at Nice. Her first book, _The
Three Paths_, a tale for children, was published in 1847. _Madeline_, a
story founded on the life of a peasant girl of Auvergne, in 1848.
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