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Directed by Myra Platt
Adapted by Jen Taylor and Colin Byrne
Touring October 2010
"Sneakily captivating … the fraught relationship between Anne and the captain … is lucid and entrancing."
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Anne Elliot, heroine of Jane Austen’s final completed novel, did something we can all identify with: long ago, she let the love of her life get away. Persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved was an “improper” match—without fortune, ancestry, or prospects—she rejected him. Now, seven years later, a successful navy officer, Captain Wentworth reenters her life, giving Anne a second chance to prove her unwavering love. As her heroine pits desire against convention, Austen questions the social and gender conventions of early 19th-Century England. Written in an era of turbulent change – the Napoleonic Wars had just ended, the industrial revolution was in full swing – Persuasion examines how a woman can remain faithful to her past and still move forward into the future.
"I had to send off a note to tell you just how much we enjoyed the current Jane Austen play, Persuasion, at Book-It. The production, staging, costumes and the actors are just mesmerizing…we have so much fun at the Book-it shows." —Vicki S, patron
To present Persuasion at your venue, please contact our exclusive tour representation:
Rena Shagan Associates, Inc.
16A West 88th Street
New York, NY 10024
212.873.9700 fax:212.873.1708
www.shaganarts.com
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