Jane Austen in popular culture

The works of Jane Austen have been represented in popular culture in a variety of forms.

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Her social commentary and masterful use of both free indirect speech and irony eventually made Austen one of the most influential and honoured novelists in English literature.In popular culture, Austen's novels and her personal life have been adapted into film, television, and theater varying greatly in their faithfulness.

Contents 1 Jane Austen 1.1 Film 1.2 Television 1.3 Theater 2 Sense and Sensibility 2.1 Film 2.1.1 Related Works 2.2 Television 3 Pride and Prejudice 3.1 Film 3.1.1 Related Works 3.2 Television 3.2.1 Related Works 3.3 Theater 4 Mansfield Park 4.1 Film 4.1.1 Related Works 4.2 Television 5 Emma 5.1 Film 5.1.1 Related Works 5.2 Television 5.2.1 Related Works 5.3 Theater 6 Northanger Abbey 6.1 Film 6.2 Television 7 Persuasion 7.1 Film 7.2 Television 8 Non-book based 9 Bibliography 10 Notes

Jane Austen

Film

• A semi-biographical 2007 film Becoming Jane, was directed by Julian Jarrold and stars Anne Hathaway as Austen. The film centers around her purported romance with young Tom Lefroy, played by James McAvoy. It is very loosely based on brief mentions of him in two of her letters to her sister Cassandra.

Television

• Another 2007 semi-biographical work, this one produced by the BBC for television, Miss Austen Regrets. It focuses on the last few years of Austen's life, in which she looks back on her life and loves. Jane Austen is played by Olivia Williams.

Theater

• "JANE, the musical" debuted in June 2006 in the West Midlands, UK. It is a West-end style musical theatre production based on the life of Jane Austen. The musical, directed by Geetika Lizardi, focuses on Austen as a modern heroine, a woman who chose art and integrity over the security of a loveless marriage.

Sense and Sensibility

Film

• Sense and Sensibility (film), film starring Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood, Kate Winslet as Marianne Dashwood, with Hugh Grant as Edward Ferrars and Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon. Directed by Ang Lee.

Related Works

• Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), a contemporary Kollywood (Tamil) film set in the present, based on the same plot, starring Tabu as Sowmya (Elinor Dashwood), Aishwarya Rai as Meenakshi (Marianne Dashwood), with Ajit as Manohar (Edward Ferrars), Abbas as Srikanth (Willoughby) and Mammootty as Captain Bala (Colonel Brandon).

Television

• Sense and Sensibility (1971 TV serial), BBC series starring Joanna David as Elinor Dashwood and Ciaran Madden as Marianne Dashwood
• Sense and Sensibility (1981 TV serial), BBC series starring Irene Richard as Elinor Dashwood and Tracey Childs as Marianne Dashwood
• Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV serial), BBC series starring as Hattie Morahan as Elinor Dashwood and Charity Wakefield as Marianne Dashwood

Pride and Prejudice

Film

Year	Film	Director	Screenwriter	Elizabeth Bennet	Fitzwilliam Darcy	Running Time	Notes
1940	Pride and Prejudice	Robert Z. Leonard	Aldous Huxley Helen Jerome Jane Murfin	Greer Garson	Laurence Oliver	117 min.
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Joe Wright	Deborah Moggach	Keira Knightley	Matthew Macfadyen	129 min.

Related Works

• Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), a loose adaptation by Helen Fielding based on her book of the same name. The movie stars Renée Zellweger in the Elizabeth Bennet-inspired role of Bridget; Colin Firth, literally as Mr. (Mark) Darcy; and Hugh Grant as the Wickham-inspired Daniel. The 1995 TV serial is specifically referenced in the book and subsequent movie, intentionally naming Mr. Darcy after the Pride and Prejudice character.
• Pride and Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy (2003), a modern-day independent film adaptation.
• Bride & Prejudice (2004), a Bollywood style adaptation directed by Gurinder Chadha and starring Aishwarya Rai and Martin Henderson.

Television

Year	Television Program	Director	Screenwriter	Elizabeth Bennet	Fitzwilliam Darcy	Running Time	Notes
1938	Pride and Prejudice		Michael Barry	Curigwen Lewis	Andrew Osborn	55 min.
1952	Pride and Prejudice	Campbell Logan	Cedric Wallis	Peter Cushing	Daphne Slater	6 Episodes (≈30 min. each) 180 min. total
1957	Orgoglio e pregiudizio	Daniele D'Anza	Edoardo Anton	Virna Lisi	Franco Volpi		An adaptation in Italian.
1958	Pride and Prejudice		Cedric Wallis	Jane Downs	Alan Badel	6 Episodes (≈30 min. each) 180 min. total
1961	De vier dochters Bennet		Cedric Wallis Lo van Hensbergen	Lies Franken	Ramses Shaffy		An adaptation in Dutch.
1967	Pride and Prejudice	Joan Craft	Nemone Lethbridge	Celia Bannerman	Lewis Fiander	6 Episodes (≈25 min. each) 150 min. total
1980	Pride and Prejudice	Cyril Coke	Fay Weldon	Elizabeth Garvie	David Rintoul	5 Episodes (≈55 min. each) 265 min. total
1995	Pride and Prejudice	Simon Langton	Andrew Davies	Jennifer Ehle	Colin Firth	6 Episodes (≈55 min. each) 300 min. total

Related Works

• Lost in Austen (2008 TV serial), 2008 ITV miniseries.

Theater

• Pride and Prejudice (1935) dramatized by Helen Jerome
• First Impressions (1959), a Broadway musical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice
• Pride and Prejudice, The Musical (2007). Music and Lyrics by Rita Abrams. Book by Josie Brown.

Mansfield Park

Film

• Mansfield Park (film) 1999 film directed by the Canadian Patricia Rozema, and starring Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, Sheila Gish and Harold Pinter.

Related Works

• Metropolitan (1990 film) a loose adaptation set in modern day Manhattan and Long Island. Written and directed by Whit Stillman, and starring Edward Clements, Carolyn Farina, Taylor Nichols, and Chris Eigeman (Jane Austen is also mentioned throughout the film.)

Television

• Mansfield Park (1983 TV serial) miniseries starring Sylvestra Le Touzel, Nicholas Farrell, and Anna Massey
• Mansfield Park (2007 TV drama), miniseries directed by Iain B. MacDonald. With Billie Piper as Fanny

Emma

Film

• Emma (1948 film), starring Judy Campbell as Emma.
• Emma (1996 film), 1996 film directed by Douglas MacGrath and starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma and Jeremy Northam as Knightley.

Related Works

• Clueless (1995 film), a modernization of the novel set in a Beverly Hills high school. The film was directed by Amy Heckerling and stars Alicia Silverstone.

Television

• Emma (1960 TV serial), starring Diana Fairfax as Emma.
• Emma (1972 TV serial), 1972 UK TV film starring Doran Godwin as Emma.
• Emma (1996 TV drama), 1996 UK TV film starring Kate Beckinsale as Emma.
• Emma (2009 TV serial), 2009 UK TV miniseries starring Romola Garai as Emma.

Related Works

• Clueless (TV series) was based on the 1995 film.

Theater

• Emma, A New Musical (2007) based on the novel "Emma"

Northanger Abbey

Film

• Northanger Abbey (1986 film), directed by Giles Foster and released in 1986, starring Peter Firth in the role of Henry Tilney.

Television

• Northanger Abbey (2007 TV drama), directed by Jon Jones and released in 2007, starring Felicity Jones as Catherine Morland and JJ Fields as Henry Tilney.

Persuasion

Film

• Persuasion (1995 film), made-for-television film which was released in US theatres by Sony Pictures Classics, starring Amanda Root as Anne and Ciarán Hinds as Captain Wentworth.

Television

• Persuasion (1960 series), BBC miniseries starring Daphne Slater as Anne and Paul Daneman as Captain Wentworth.
• Persuasion (1971 series), BBC miniseries starring Anne Firbank as Anne and Bryan Marshall as Captain Wentworth.
• Persuasion (2007 TV drama), miniseries filmed in Bath in September 2006 for ITV, with Sally Hawkins as Anne, Rupert Penry-Jones as Wentworth, and Anthony Stewart Head as Sir Walter Elliot, and Julia Davis.

Non-book based

• The 1980 film Jane Austen in Manhattan is about rival stage companies who wish to produce the only complete Austen play "Sir Charles Grandison" (from the Richardson novel of the same title), which was rediscovered in 1980.^[1]

• The 2007 film The Jane Austen Book Club is about a group of people who form a Jane Austen discussion group. Much of the dialogue concerns her novels and her personal life. This film is based on a book by Karen Joy Fowler.

• In the radio sitcom Old Harry's Game, Jane Austen is a minor recurring character who is in Hell. In it, Austen is discovered to have been incredibly violent, rude and foul-mouthed personally. As a result, she is one of the few people in Hell that Satan is frightened of and whom other sinners such as Hitler look up to.

• In the science fiction book series Remnants, a subculture group called "Janes" emulate the mannerisms and ideals of the characters in Jane Austen's novels.

• In the British Tv series Blackadder series 3 Blackadder explains he gave himself a female alias when writing a book as it is popular during the time and then explains that Jane Austen is in the same boat as she is really a Yorkshireman with a heavy beard.

Bibliography

• Macdonald, Gina and Andrew Macdonald, eds. Jane Austen on Screen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0521793254.
• Pucci, Suzanne Rodin and James Thompson, eds. Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture. Buffalo: State University of New York Press, 2003. ISBN 0791456153.
• Troost, Linda and Sayre Greenfield, eds. Jane Austen in Hollywood. 2nd ed. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. ISBN 0813190061.

Notes

v • d • e Jane Austen General Timeline of Jane Austen · Styles and themes of Jane Austen · Reception history of Jane Austen · Jane Austen in popular culture · Georgian society in Jane Austen's novels · A Memoir of Jane Austen · Janeite · Jane Austen Centre · Jane Austen's House Museum Related people Catherine Hubback · Francis Austen · Cassandra Austen · Thomas Langlois Lefroy · Charles Austen · Eliza Hancock Major works Sense and Sensibility (1811) · Pride and Prejudice (1813) · Mansfield Park (1814) · Emma (1815) · Northanger Abbey (1817) · Persuasion (1817) Minor works Lady Susan · Sanditon (unfinished) · The Watsons (unfinished) Juvenilia Love and Freindship · The Beautifull Cassandra · The History of England Characters Fitzwilliam Darcy · Elizabeth Bennet · Elinor Dashwood • Edward Ferrars • John Willoughby • Anne Elliot • Fanny Price • Edmund Bertram  • Maria Bertram • Thomas Bertram • Henry Crawford • Miss Mary Crawford • George Knightley