emma
West Coast Premiere
by Michael Fry
based on the novel by Jane Austen
directed by Jeffrey Bihr
Nov. 12 - Dec. 19, 2004
Of all Jane Austen’s fictional heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most infuriating, the most flawed, and all the while the most endearing. Fancying herself a young matchmaker, Emma comically meddles in the lives of her friends and neighbors, generally botching their chances at romance rather than improving them. But love does find a way, and this clever play is an absolute delight.
In this fresh, sparkling theatrical adaptation, the classic novel’s web of characters is ingeniously spun by a cast of five. Though Austen herself described Emma as “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like,” the world and time have proven her wrong. Of this adaptation, Time Out wrote, “Jane Austen herself would surely applaud.”
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