A letter to Jane
Alert Janeites Kirsten and Lisa sent us a link to a cute review of Book-It Repertory’s production of Persuasion, in letter form.
My dear Jane:
You have left this Earth, good friend, long ago, in 1817. But I must write to let you know that the novels you left us are thriving!
Jane, your elegantly perceptive stories are again the talk of the neighborhood, and of tout America. Yes, post-hip-hop America loves it some Austen!
Everywhere, she is.
Though, yes, this is a story about people who do take a great many walks. (Pity they don’t have many dress-up balls — which I know you adored, Jane, and we have no such events to get vicarious thrills from.)
Yes, but she liked taking walks, too!
We hope to have a report from the West Coast Bureau about this play soon!
February 25th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
I’m taking a break from attending funerals and have tickets for closing night — not terribly useful from a review standpoint, but I’ll definitely report in!