‘I’m kind of related to the Brontës’

Cork actress Maxine Linehan is in a better position than most to channel the spirit of Charlotte Brontë.

‘I’m kind of related to the Brontës’
Sat, 04 Aug, 2012 - 01:00
John Riordan, New York

The Newry-born former lawyer, who moved to Rochestown in Cork when she was eight and attended Coláiste Mhuire Secondary School in Crosshaven, has lived for 10 years in New York.

Her new one-woman play, Brontë: A Portrait of Charlotte, opened off Broadway on Wednesday.

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