Books & Poetry
In this extract from her new book, Adelaide scholar and musician Gillian Dooley reveals what she discovered in the recently digitised treasure trove of music from Jane Austen’s inner circle.
Theatre
State Theatre Company Ensemble swap sense and sensibility for satire and slapstick in their genre-busting production of Jane Austen’s restrained romance.
The State Theatre Company Ensemble’s final performance will be a “joyful and absurd” take on one of Jane Austen’s most celebrated romantic novels, including actors on roller skates and contemporary music from the likes of Queen.
World-renowned English novelist Jane Austen was a devoted amateur pianist – according to her niece Caroline she started every day with music.
This year is the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death and her celebrity continues to grow. But relegating Austen’s work to plots about ‘whether the heroine gets her man’ belittles her achievement.
