The Bradford district already owes a lot to the Brontes. It is the literary family's name that brings tourists flocking from all over the world to Haworth from where many of them go on to have a look at some of the other places of interest in and around the area.
In fact, Bradford would have had rather more of a struggle to put itself on the tourist map some years ago if it had not been able to boast the Bronte connection
Although Thornton, the "Bronte birthplace", has yet to make the same sort of impact, the potential is there to nurture the literary link and provide a two-centre attraction. The birthplace link will certainly have been a help in Bradford's Capital of Culture bid and needs to be developed if the bid is successful.
Today sees yet another Bronte boost for Bradford with the Northern Ballet Theatre's world premiere of Wuthering Heights at the Alhambra, a hugely prestigious occasion for both the theatre and the city.
It is splendid - and apt - that Bradford should have been chosen for the first-ever performance of this new ballet with music by Claude-Michel Schnberg, the composer whose score for Les Miserables helped to make that show such a massive international hit. There is bound to be wide interest in it throughout the ballet world.
It will introduce new people to the Alhambra and can only further enhance the reputation of what is already regarded as one of the finest theatres in the country. We wish the production every success.
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