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Pioneer Theatre Company’s EMMA is a delight

February 20, 2012 By 4 Comments
L-R: Jordan Coughtry (Frank) and Nisi Sturgis (Emma). Photo by Alexander Weisman.

SALT LAKE CITY — To begin, I must make a confession: though I am an avid Jane Austen reader, Emma is not my favorite Austen novel or character; she’s rich, spoiled, and she meddles in other people’s business. Austen herself said of Emma, “I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much [...]

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Jane Austen’s "Persuasion": Adaptation and Lost Love

March 21, 2011 By 1 Comment

PROVO — By definition an adaptation in something new created out of the original.  Some things will be lost, others gained.  Such is the case with Melissa Leilani Larson’s stage adaption of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, directed by Barta Lee Heiner, now playing at Brigham Young University’s Pardoe Theatre.  Austen’s novel has been condensed into a [...]

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Pride and Prejudice leaps from page to stage

July 16, 2010 By 2 Comments

CEDAR CITY — I’m a huge Jane Austen fan, having read all her books a few times and seen every popular film adaptation. I love her wit and humor. I love the romance and social commentary. I love the magic her words bring to everyday occurrences (well, “everyday,” by 19th century British standards). So I [...]

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