Miss Woodhouse to trod the boards in Berkeley
The Aurora Theater Company in Berkeley, California has announced its 2004-2005 season, which will include the West Coast premiere of “Jane Austen’s Emma,” adapted by Michael Fry and directed by Jeffrey Bihr, from November 12 to December 19, 2004.
In this fresh, sparkling theatrical adaptation, the classic novel’s web of characters is ingeniously spun by a cast of five. Though Austen herself described Emma as “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like,” the world and time have proven her wrong. Of this adaptation, Time Out wrote, “Jane Austen herself would surely applaud.”
