Please bring Jane Eyre to the West End....with.....

[Taboolie2]

I was just reading Jane Eyre Laid Bare (I know, I know - very tacky but was outside WH Smiths waiting for a train and JE is my all-time favourite book). It got me thinking ....
If the Broadway version of Jane Eyre the musical would come to the West End (although there was a very excellent amateur version not long ago at the Bridewell)who would we cast(assuming the original Broadway cast are not available)?
I was casting the show in my head and I think we should start a petition to bring it over here with the following:-

1st choice Raul Esparza as Rochester,
2nd Richard Armitage as Rochester
3rd or Gerard Butler as Rochester.
(All of above would also suit Darcy in Pride & Predjudice or leadin Rebecca).
As for Jane, I,m stumped. She has to be about 18 and not too glamourous.Maybe someone who has played Cosselle or Eponine?

Katie Kerr - Bessie,
Judie Dench - Mrs fairfax,
Edward Duly-Baker as Mason,
Any one of the Matildas for Adele,
Madalena Albert as Bertha,
Sierra Boggess or Jill Paice as Blanche Ingram.


PS Anne Hathaway with her new haircut could be in the film remake of cabaret as Sally!

[CATSNYrevival]

I'd be satisfied with a studio recording of the complete score. The OBC recording left out so much music that I rarely ever want to listen to it.