Jane Austen, the iconic British novelist, constantly speaks to us in her novels, their film and theatre adaptations, regardless of the fashion trends. Titles like Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility and others rightly enthuse their admirers, they are a kind of guaranteed brand. With humour, insight and refined irony, they depict the manners and relationships of upper-class rural society in the early 19th century, but as time passes, in addition to the elegant atmosphere of costumes, gardens and balls, the themes of gender and values become increasingly prominent. In the refined art of parlour conversation lies the determined, justified effort of the self-confident heroines not to base their happiness solely on pragmatism or the romance of arranging marriages. The great contemporary English playwright Laura Wade noticed Jane Austen's unfinished novel The Watsons and decided to both adapt it and creatively finish it. It turned out to be a blockbuster for several seasons. After many years of being brought up by her aunt, a young woman, Emma, returns to her birth family and becomes the star of the community with many suitors. However, what is sympathetically notable is the way in which she does not retreat from her position of an astonished observer. The enigmatic Laura comes to help her in her life orientation, as she playfully interacts with the unfinished literary characters from the position of a modern 21st-century woman. Our audiences, who loved the productions of Jane Eyre or Little Women directed by Marián Amsler, simply have something to look forward to again.

 

Runnning time: 2 hrs 20 mins with one interval

 

Première January 31, 2026