Austen’s Women: LADY SUSAN

Sat 26 Oct 7.30pm      Book Now

Duration: 80 minutes (approx) – no interval
All tickets £18

“Even Austen novices will be enthralled. Truly extraordinary.” 5 stars, British Theatre Guide

“The piece is tightly corseted but frilly, flowing and flamboyant in all the right places.” The Stage

“Rebecca Vaughan triumphs in this one woman show… [her] performance is a stellar example of carefully crafted multi-rolling.” 5 stars, Always Time for Theatre

The award-winning creators of Austen’s Women, A Christmas Carol, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic,
Christmas Gothic, and A Room of One’s Own are back with a brand new solo comedy show: Jane
Austen’s magnificently crafted tale of manipulation and manners.

Meet devil-may-care black widow, Lady Susan (“the most accomplished coquette in England”),
hunting down not one, but two, fortunes; oppressed, rebellious daughter Frederica; long-suffering
sister-in-law Catherine; family matriarch Mrs De Courcy; and insouciant best friend, Alicia.

Return to the Regency (or rather, Georgian) in this wickedly funny tale of society and the women
trapped within it; their struggles, their desires, their temptations and manipulations – and at the
vanguard, Lady Susan: charming, scheming, witty, and powerful; taking on society and making it her
own. But has she met her match?

Based on Jane Austen’s first full-length work from 1794, the piece is performed by Rebecca Vaughan
and directed by Andrew Margerison. This is Austen as you’ve never seen her before!

Created in collaboration with The Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead.

Praise for Dyad Productions:
★★★★★ ‘A towering performance‘ (The Scotsman)
★★★★★ ‘A luscious sweeping tale’ (The i)
★★★★★ ‘Quite simply: astounding’ (Broadway Baby)
★★★★★ ’Outstanding…gripping… Vaughan is never less than magnetic’ (Three Weeks)
★★★★★ ‘If you haven’t seen Dyad Productions’ work before, you simply must’ (British
Theatre Guide)
‘Some of the most electrifying character work available, up to and including Berkoff’ (Fringe Review)
THREE WEEKS Cumulative Body of Work Award-Winners, 2018