By A Lady: The Life & Wit of Jane Austen

Contact

Organizer: Theatre by the Lake

Name: Theatre by the Lake

Phone: 017687 74411

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.theatrebythelake.com/event/by-a-lady/

Address

Lakeside
Keswick, Cumbria,
Keswick
CA12 5DJ

Price Notes

£35; £12 U26s 1 hour 45 minutes (inc. an interval) Age 12+

Direction

From M6 jct 40 and follow A66 towards Keswick, follow brown signs to Theatre and Lakeside. On foot the theatre is a 5 minute walk from the centre of Keswick.

Details

Starring Rachel Parris and Doon Mackichan

It is a truth universally acknowledged that  Jane Austen  was one of the wittiest observers of human relationships, and female friendships, who ever put pen to parchment.  By A Lady  tells Jane Austen’s life story from her own writing, woven with favourite moments from the immortal characters she created, including Elizabeth and Jane, Emma and Harriet, the Dashwood sisters, Mrs Bennet, and (hold on to your bonnets) Lady Catherine de Bourgh – not forgetting Mr Bennet, Darcy, Captain Wentworth, Mr Collins, and many more.

Set against a sparkling musical backdrop that surprises as much as it delights, we invite you to loosen your stays, and enjoy this celebration of Austen’s wit, sharpness, and sheer delight in the foibles of human behaviour.

By A Lady is (delightfully) performed by Rachel Parris – Austentatious, Live at the Apollo, The Mash Report, and author of Introducing Mrs Collins and Doon Mackichan – Smack the Pony, Toast of London, Plebs, National Theatre’s Summerfolk. Jane Austen’s words are (respectfully) penned by Deirdre Shields. Music (mischievously) arranged by David Le Page (Violin), and Nick Stringfellow (Cello). By A Lady is (graciously) directed by Judy Reaves.

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