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Sense and Sensibility at the Book-It Repertory Theatre in Seattle – A Review

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Stage Productions, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 14 June 2011 | 9 Comments »

“Happy, happy Elinor, you cannot have an idea of what I suffer.” “Do you call me happy, Marianne? Ah; if you knew! And can you believe me to be so while I see you so wretched!” – Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 29 Happiness and suffering, and the emotional extremes that cause it, is an important [...]

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Preview of Sense and Sensibility Stage Play at Book-It Rep in Seattle

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Stage Productions, Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , on 28 May 2011 |

We are very fortunate to have one of the nation’s premiere small theater companies right in our own backyard. For the last 20 years the Book-It Repertory Theater of Seattle has been exclusively adapting written work for the stage. Among the sixty plus world premier adaptations they have presented are stage productions of three Jane [...]

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Preview of Jane Austen’s Emma: A Musical Romantic Comedy at the Old Globe

Posted in Jane Austen Stage Productions, tagged , , , , , on 31 December 2010 | 7 Comments »

Jane Austen’s Emma, the new romantic comedy from Tony Award nominated composer Paul Gordon and directed by Tony Award nominee, Jeff Calhoun, is a musical production of Austen classic story of our favorite nonsensical girl. It premiers January 15, and runs through February 27, 2011 at the Old Globe Theatre in Dan Diego, California. Emma, [...]

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Preview of Pride and Prejudice at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Stage Productions, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , on 8 March 2010 | 10 Comments »

(Can you identify the four Bennet sisters left to right in this photo? Answer at bottom of post!) Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice continues to allow us to “make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn” as a new stage production opened on February 21st, 2010 at the Oregon [...]

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Review: A Sparkling Pride and Prejudice Adapation in Edmonton Charms a Fellow Janeite

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Stage Productions, Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , on 30 September 2008 | 2 Comments »

Gentle readers, it may appear from time to time, that our Austen connections run far and wide, but modesty precedes us as we happily submit this review for your perusal from our dear friend and fellow Janeite Deborah Jane who attended the new stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice presented by The Citadel Theatre in [...]

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Book-It Repertory Theatre: Persuasion Review

Posted in Jane Austen Adaptations, Jane Austen Stage Productions, Jane Austen's Persuasion, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , on 19 February 2008 | 2 Comments »

A PERSUASIVE ADAPTATION OF AUSTEN’S CLASSIC How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been! How eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that over-anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence! She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as [...]

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