- 120 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
Catherine Morland knows little of the world, but who needs real-life experience when you have novels to guide you? Seizing her chance to escape her claustrophobic family and join the smart set in Bath, she meets worldly, sophisticated Isabella Thorpe ā Iz, to her friends ā and so Cath's very own adventure begins.This playful and surprising reimagining of Northanger Abbey is infused with the spirit of Jane Austen's original novel and fizzes with imagination and humour. It was premiered in 2024 at the Orange Tree Theatre, London, before touring to Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, and Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.'Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of any sort ofā¦ disappointed love.''A smartly playful adaptation that pulses with real passionsā¦ it asks big, clever questions about personal agency, authorship and controlā¦ Austen would thoroughly approve' - Evening Standard'Moves at a tremendous clipā¦ the wooing is done with such subtlety and good humour' - The Times'An incisive adaptation that approaches the tale from a fresh, contemporary angleā¦ exuberantly, unashamedly sillyā¦ Quick-fire scenes jump about in time, skilfully picking apart the narrative with flashbacks that offer new context, or cutting away to asides where the characters debate their real intentionsā¦ an appealing, intriguingly flawed protagonistā¦ unexpected and intriguing' - The Stage'A spirited three-hander rompā¦ it's exhilarating, transmuting Austen's daftest novel into something really quite beautiful' - Time Out
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Original Production
- Acknowledgements
- Characters
- Northanger Abbey
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information