Deborah YaffeSep 2, 2021Forever CherFor an actor, it must be frustrating to realize that you will be remembered almost solely for a role you played at the age of eighteen....
Deborah YaffeAug 30, 2021Quill and paperIn Sense and Sensibility, as Janeites will recall, Elinor Dashwood and her rival, Lucy Steele, spend a tense evening sparring genteelly...
Deborah YaffeJul 15, 2021On fireNearly two years ago, word trickled out that a same-sex update of Pride and Prejudice, set on the gay mecca of New York’s Fire Island,...
Deborah YaffeJun 17, 2021In the green roomIt’s a funny time right now for us theater-loving Janeites: Some of our favorite things are still virtual, others are on their way back...
Deborah YaffeJun 10, 2021Party like. . . Five years ago, in a blog post headlined “Party like it’s 1995,” I heralded a forthcoming spate of filmed Jane Austen adaptations – a...
Deborah YaffeMay 24, 2021Reboot, bootedBack in late 2019, when corona was just a neighborhood in Queens, the news broke that Hollywood was considering a television reboot of...
Deborah YaffeApr 22, 2021Costume dramaIt’s Oscar night on Sunday, and even though this year will inevitably lack the red-carpet glamor of pre-pandemic times, I will avidly...
Deborah YaffeApr 1, 2021On this day in 1816. . .Sixty-second in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. From time to time, you will hear writers claim that they...
Deborah YaffeFeb 15, 2021The Emma TrapWhat is the nature of inspiration? How elastic is its definition? How large a distance can stretch between inspiration and inspiree...