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Playwright Geetika Lizardi wrote to tell us that she has collaborated with composer Michelle Lord to develop a musical from an award-winning screenplay she wrote about Jane Austen’s life. The musical, called simply JANE, will be showcased at Artrix in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire on June 23-24, 2006 to get audience reaction and they hope to move to London after working on it a bit more. From Geetika’s e-mail:
I’ve been a Jane Austen fan since childhood and this project began as a feature film script called “JANE” that I won a few awards for in 2004 before optioning it to First Serve Entertainment. Of course that’s around the time “BECOMING JANE” was announced so I decided then to adapt my script for stage. By all accounts, “BECOMING JANE” is a great script, so I’m glad it’s getting made. However, it does sound limited in scope — just Jane and Tom’s relationship — and I strongly feel that there’s so much more to Jane’s story that deserves to be told! Her choices later in life, moving to Bath & saying “no” to Harris for example, are tremendously significant and moving, especially when set to music!
We could not agree more. Who needs a Made Up Story when the real thing is so very interesting? And what a fantastic opportunity for real Janeites to be involved in a story about Jane. We hope that some of our readers get to see the show, and do report back to us!
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