Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Turns 200
“You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” - Mr. Darcy
On January 28, 1813, Jane Austen’s publisher Thomas Egerton released her second novel, Pride and Prejudice. Austen finished writing the novel in 1797 under the title First Impressions, but after prospective publishers declined to even see the manuscript, she heavily edited the story over the following 14 years until Egerton bought it for £110 ($172 present-day USD). Today marks the beginning of festivals, conferences and Austen readathons that “Janeites” have planned throughout the year to celebrate the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy’s tumultuous courtship. Two centuries later, Pride and Prejudice remains one of the most-taught and best-loved classics in Western literature.
Keep an eye on the Jane Austen Centre and Jane Austen’s Home location pages for photos from the upcoming festivals.
For the last year, it’s been increasingly apparent to me that, while NYC Is the theater capital of the United States, between Broadway, off-Broadway, and the literally thousands of off-off or indie shows that happen here every year, the New York culture and arts press at large doesn’t seem to…
Tough guys with books. #prideandprejudice http://avlt.co/austenontour (at Vern Riffe Center)
Sean Lewis came to town to work on a new play. Looks like he found something to adapt, too.
Available Light Theatre - scene 1 20121127 2121
We made this the other night at our John Cage 101 work session. It’s not great, but it’s interesting. It took a long time because we used many layers of chance operations to make it happen. We culled a list of quotations, rolled dice several times, which led to adding either a quotation or a silence to the sequence of events.
Enjoy.
John Cage 101 begins
Five AVLT company members gathered last night for the official beginning of our collaborative project, John Cage 101. We watched a dvd, read quotations aloud, heard a 30-second vocal aria, and drew names from a Nova Stealth helmet.
As the evening drew to a close, I (Matt) used the new John Cage Prepared Piano iPad app to make compositions from each of our names, you can hear them at the links below.
Matt Slaybaugh
Michelle Whited
Elena Perantoni
Eleni Papaleonardos
Acacia Duncan
