After Mrs Rochester

After Mrs Rochester is a 2003 novel and stage play by Polly Teale.{{cite web|url=https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/plays-to-perform/Book/824/After-Mrs-Rochester.html|title=After Mrs Rochester|publisher=Nick Hern Books}}

The play is based on the troubled life of novelist Jean Rhys and her 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea.{{cite web|url=http://www.theaterpro.com/pl_teale.html |title=After Mrs. Rochester |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102442/http://www.theaterpro.com/pl_teale.html |archivedate=2016-03-04 }} It was first presented in 2003 in London by the Shared Experience theatre company.{{cite web|url=http://www.sharedexperience.org.uk/media/education/after-mrs-rochester_edpack.pdf|title=After Mrs. Rochester - education pack}} It was directed by the author. Cast members included Howard Panter, Madeleine Potter and Rosemary Squire.{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/reviews/03-2003/after-mrs-rochester_26582.html |title=After Mrs Rochester |publisher=WhatsOnStage |date=18 Mar 2003 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

It earned an Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Director.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/standard-pictures/theatre-awards-2003-7372309.html?action=gallery&ino=1|title=Theatre Awards 2003|publisher=Evening Standard|date=4 November 2003}}