Manchester Royal ExchangeAn irreverent adaptation of Jane Austen's last novel puts a fun spin on the source material, but fails to honour her characters' complexitiesTo describe this as a frothy interpretation of Jane Austen's final novel is to speak literally and metaphorically. In the 1817 text, sea-bathing is mentioned in passing. In Jeff James's adaptation (also directed by James, with dramaturgy by James Yeatman…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AM on June 11, 2017