Deborah YaffeJul 11, 2022Janeites in conversation“It is such a happiness when good people get together--and they always do,” Miss Bates exults in chapter 21 of Emma. In context, she is...
Deborah YaffeJul 22, 2021Persuasion everywherePersuasion is having quite a year. Last December, a charmless modern update called Modern Persuasion – the dull, on-the-nose title gave...
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 YaffeDec 31, 2020Goodbye at last, 2020A year ago, I confidently predicted a 2020 filled with the usual array of Austen events: “Teas, balls, fairs, festivals, conferences,...
Deborah YaffeDec 24, 2020New Year's presentOn March 2, I reported the happy news that a theatrical adaptation of Emma – written by Kate Hamill, the actor/playwright whose madcap...
Deborah YaffeMay 6, 2020On and offFor those of us who love our Jane Austen adaptations, the coronavirus quarantine has been the best of times and the worst of times. The...
Deborah YaffeMar 2, 2020Emma againActor/playwright Kate Hamill has cornered the market on energetic, quirky theatrical adaptations of classic literature – Vanity Fair,...
Deborah YaffeFeb 6, 2020LovebitesMaking a mistake in print, and being forced to acknowledge it publicly in the corrections column: It’s every journalist’s nightmare. And...
Deborah YaffeOct 11, 2017P&P game-playingAusten adaptations, whether on stage, screen or fanfic page, all too often fall victim to an excess of earnestness – the bonnets, the...
Deborah YaffeJun 5, 2016Austen in bedlamA few months ago, I was lucky enough to see a very enjoyable and ingenious stage production of Sense and Sensibility, performed in New...
