It is 1845. Branwell Bronte returns home in disgrace. Plagued by alcohol and drug addiction, he has been dismissed from domestic service following an affair with the mistress of the house. As their brother descends into alcoholism and insanity, bringing chaos to the household, his famous sisters write….

Shared Experience’s production of Polly Teale’s Bronte evokes the real and imagined worlds of the Brontes, whose fictional characters come to haunt their creators.