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2 [[caption-width-right:200:How her restlessness stirs! For she longs for her liberty, when will liberty be hers?]]
3[[TitleTheAdaptation Jane Eyre: The Musical]] is a musical adaptation of Literature/JaneEyre by Creator/CharlotteBronte, with music and lyrics by Paul Gordon and the book by John Caird. It began workshop in 1995 before premiering on Broadway in 2000.
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5The Broadway cast featured Marla Schaffel as the titular character, James Barbour as Edward Rochester, Stephen R. Buntrock as St. John Rivers, Lisa Musser as Young Jane Eyre, and Jayne Paterson as Helen Burns.
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7!!''Jane Eyre'' includes examples of:
8* AdaptedOut
9** Jane's wealthy uncle, a major plot point in the novel, is not present.
10** Miss Temple, a kind Lowood teacher who takes Jane and Helen under her wing is not in the musical.
11* CounterpointDuet: Sirens and its reprise.
12* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Minor example: Helen dies of typhus in the school's epidemic instead of consumption.
13* GoldDigger: Blanche Ingram only wants to marry Rochester when she believes he is rich.
14* SayMyName: Rochester is obsessed with this trope.
15--->'''Rochester:''' JAAAAANEE!!!''
16* MadWomanInTheAttic: Naturally.

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