
Emma
Jane Austen(Author)
Nick Hern Books (Publisher)
Published on 23. February 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-85459-499-0 (ISBN)
Description
A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.
It is night-time and an exhausted Jane Austen sleeps over the recently completed manuscript of her novel Emma. Her four nieces steal in and decide to act out the text and, after her initial anger on being wakened, Jane herself takes the role of Mr Knightley. The excitable teenage girls often try to take the story into their own realms of fantasy but are always brought back to the real text by Jane.
This adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, by Doon MacKichan and Martin Millar, was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 1999, transferring to the Tricycle Theatre, London, in September.
It is night-time and an exhausted Jane Austen sleeps over the recently completed manuscript of her novel Emma. Her four nieces steal in and decide to act out the text and, after her initial anger on being wakened, Jane herself takes the role of Mr Knightley. The excitable teenage girls often try to take the story into their own realms of fantasy but are always brought back to the real text by Jane.
This adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, by Doon MacKichan and Martin Millar, was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 1999, transferring to the Tricycle Theatre, London, in September.
Reviews / Votes
'Full of life and vitality - an admirably lively, daringly provocative adaptation' * Daily Telegraph * 'Ebullient and mischievous' * The Times *More details
Series
Edition
stage version
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
96 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-499-0 (9781854594990)
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Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction set among the landed gentry have earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature.