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Sunday Times Jane Edwardes
★★★★

An unexamined life is not worth living, whether in the 19th or 21st centruy. Jeff James's production of Jane Austen's last novel miraculously manages to examine this proposition in both periods simultanetously...
The book's emotional truths are felt more deeply than ever. Most adaptations of Austen lose what makes her worth reading in the transposition. Not this one. The design, the detailed performances and the imaginative production together create a surprisingly fresh and hugely entertaining evening.