Persuasion (2000, DVD)

Today, to mark the passing of the English author Jane Austen, who passed away on 18 July 1817, I've settled down to write a review of her last and posthumous novel, Persuasion. Considered by some to be her best work, it's a tale of class snobbery, love denied and regained, and some biting wit. Produced by a joint effort of the BBC and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre, it presents a fine collection of English actors, location shoots in England, and some terrific recreations of life in the Regency period. For Anglophiles and lovers of literature, this one is a treat. Portraying the various characters..

This 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion ranks among the top five film adaptations of Austen novels, along with Pride and Prejudice (1996), Sense and Sensibility (1995), and the two fine 1996 versions of Emma, from Miramax (see Review) and A

We had a full dress run through of my new theatrical project, Mother Teresa: The Musical last night for an invited audience. I had wanted the Shrine Auditorium, or at the very least the Pantages to properly showcase the piece and its full theatrical flair but they were both booked. We had to settle for the theater at the Motion Picture and Television Fund home, which was available at a suitable price, provided we set aside a certain number of tickets for the residents. As some of my colleagues from my early ingenue days are now resident there, I thought it might be old home week although I'm..

The 1990s were the beginning of something of an Austen renaissance on screen. It seemed like everyone wanted to try their hand at adapting Jane Austen's novels for television and film. The fascinating marriage between her early 19th century novels and the cinema of our own time has continued to the present day. But in my mind, the high water mark for Austen film adaptations came in 1995. That was the year that we got not one, but three distinctly different and wonderful screen versions of Austen novels: the BBC/A