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2. Plays and Novels

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Jane treats one niece to the theatre, and advises another niece on how to succeed as a novelist. Stars Susannah Harker.

Jane takes her niece Fanny to Drury Lane to watch the great tragedian Edmund Kean.

She also offers some advice to another niece - Anna - an aspiring novelist....

A portrait of the family, social and professional world of Jane Austen, as seen through her letters and novels.

Devised by Vanessa Rosenthal

Jane Austen .... Susannah Harker
Cassandra .... Oona Beeson
Frank .... David Holt
Henry .... Ian Brooker
Anna .... Annabelle Dowler
Fanny .... Jasmine Hyde
Martha Lloyd .... Marian Kemmer
Edward .... Richard da Costa
John Murray .... Robert Lister

Director Peter Leslie Wild

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 10 Dec 202503:45
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