Deborah YaffeAug 22, 2019Seaside publicityFor the past week or so, barely a day has passed without a story in the British press about the forthcoming eight-part television...
Deborah YaffeAug 15, 2019CompanionsThirteen years ago, when PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre aired a new adaptation of Jane Eyre, the network offered viewers a chance to buy...
Deborah YaffeAug 5, 2019Water, water everywhereIt’s been a wet week for Janeites. Last Monday, we were treated to the first trailer for Sanditon, the forthcoming ITV-PBS adaptation of...
Deborah YaffeJun 27, 2019Fragments of news, news about fragmentsThe Janeite word of the moment, it would appear, is “fragment.” * Last week, Jane Austen’s House Museum launched an urgent appeal for...
Deborah YaffeFeb 21, 2019Sanditon's SidneyProduction of the new television adaptation of Sanditon, the novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her death, is moving along even more...
Deborah YaffeFeb 7, 2019Sanditon inches closer to the small screenJane Austen wrote only seventy pages of Sanditon before her final illness left her unable to work. In the intervening two centuries, her...
Deborah YaffeJul 12, 2018Davies does SanditonFor the Jane Austen world, it qualifies as blockbuster news: Revered screenwriter Andrew Davies, the man behind the iconic 1995 BBC...
Deborah YaffeSep 21, 2017The factory at workThe Jane Austen adaptation factory never seems to stop churning out fresh material. By now, the proliferating combinations and...
Deborah YaffeMay 5, 2016Sanditon: Adapting Austen and DobbsRegular blog readers know that I’m squeeing with excitement over the upcoming film adaptation of Sanditon, the novel Jane Austen left...