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17 September 2006

More cast members posted for Persuasion 2007

Filed under: Persuasion 2007 — Mags @ 10:41 pm

Alert Janeite and Internet Hound SylviaM wrote to tell us that the cast list for PERSUASION 2007 at IMDB.com has been expanded. We should note that IMDB is not always correct and these roles are unconfirmed, but we have no conflicting data and have no reason to disbelieve this list. Along with the previously announced cast members (Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot, Rupert Penry-Jones as Captain Wentworth, and Anthony Head as Sir Walter Elliot), the following parts are listed (and thanks to SylviaM for providing most of the photo links!) (more…)

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Novelist Jane Hamilton: Friend of Jane

Filed under: F.O.J. (Friends of Jane) — Mags @ 10:14 pm

The Chicago Sun-Times has a profile on Jane Hamilton, author of The Book of Ruth and The Map of the World, in which she mentions that she enjoys Jane Austen’s work.

With little to do at night, (Must be nice! –Ed.) Hamilton reads a book a week. Among her favorite authors are Henry James, Alice Walker, Jane Austen, Alice Munro, Louis Moore, John Updike and John Cheever.

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Playing in Jane’s sandbox

Filed under: Jane in the News — Mags @ 10:11 pm

Alert Janeite KelleyB sent us a link to an article from the Wall Street Journal Online about fan fiction. (As a longtime fanfic writer, we are always amused by the way journalists act like this is a new phenomenon; really, hasn’t everyone heard about it by now?) The article mentions Pamela Aidan, author of the Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy, though not by name. (And we believe the “copy editor from Brooklyn” would be Cassandra Claire of the hilarious Very Secret Diaries of Lord of the Rings fame.)

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Yes, why NOT Jane Austen?

Filed under: Jane in the News — Mags @ 10:05 pm

Alert Janeite Mary sent us a link to a 9 Chickweek Lane comic that refers to Jane Austen. Some clicking around on previous strips reveals that the couple being, um, manhandled is on the verge of confessing their affection for one another–so why NOT Jane Austen? Can’t think of any better writer to quote, really!

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