By A Lady – The Life and Wit of Jane Austen
Fri 13 - Sat 14 Mar, Various Times£17.00 – £32 full price | £14.50 – £29.50 concession
Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes, including interval
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| Fri 13 Mar | 7 pm | {{spektrix_instance_id_314948ACHQSBBSLJRQHMQGCGCMJJCSLLH_status}} | ||
| Sat 14 Mar | 2 pm | {{spektrix_instance_id_314950ANJTSDPQQVSMDPRQDTMCTJCHBRM_status}} | ||
| Sat 14 Mar | 7 pm | {{spektrix_instance_id_314949AVTMNSCSQHMRRCLPSCBGPRSJCSB_status}} |
Presented by Hambletts Productions
Starring Juliet Stevenson, star of screen – Truly, Madly Deeply, Emma, Bend It Like Beckham and stage – National Theatre, RSC, Almeida, Royal Court, and Rachel Parris – Austentatious, Live at the Apollo, The Mash Report, and author of Introducing Mrs Collins.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen was one of the wittiest observers of human relationships, and female friendships, who ever put pen to parchment. By A Lady tells Jane Austen’s life story from her own writing, woven with favourite moments from the immortal characters she created, including Elizabeth and Jane, Emma and Harriet, the Dashwood sisters, Mrs Bennet, and (hold on to your bonnets) Lady Catherine de Bourgh – not forgetting Mr Bennet, Darcy, Captain Wentworth, Mr Collins, and many more.
Set against a sparkling musical backdrop that surprises as much as it delights, we invite you to loosen your stays, and enjoy this celebration of Austen’s wit, sharpness, and sheer delight in the foibles of human behaviour.
From the same creative team who brought GEORGE Eliot in Words and Music and Red Sky at Sunrise: Laurie Lee in Words and Music to Wilton’s.
By A Lady is (delightfully) performed by Juliet Stevenson and Rachel Parris. Jane Austen’s words are (respectfully) penned by Deirdre Shields. Music (mischievously) arranged by David Le Page (Violin), and Nick Stringfellow (Cello). By A Lady is (graciously) directed by Judy Reaves.
Originally commissioned by, and presented at, Stratford Literary Festival 2025.
Juliet Stevenson and Rachel Parris appear subject to availability.
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Juliet Stevenson CBE, is one of the UK’s finest actresses. Her theatre work for the RSC is legendary, and includes Olivier Award-nominated roles in Measure for Measure, As You Like It, Troilus And Cressida, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. For The National Theatre she has played Yerma, Hedda Gabler, and Arkadina in The Seagull. Other stage work includes Grusha in The Caucasion Chalk Circle for Complicité, and Death and the Maiden for the Royal Court and in the West End which won her an Olivier Award. More recently she has performed the title role in The Doctor [Almeida, West End and New York), For which she won Critics Circle Award for Best Actress amd was nominated for an Olivier Award; Mary Stuart, Duet for One (also Olivier nominated) and Hamlet, all of which transferred to the West End. Other theatre work include Wings and Happy Days, both at the Young Vic.
She won Best Actress at the Evening Standard Film Awards for her role in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply; other film appearances include Emma, Bend It Like Beckham, Mona Lisa Smile, When Did You Last See Your Father, Being Julia, Infamous, and Reawakening. She also received three nominations for TV BAFTAs for A Doll’s House, The Politician’s Wife and Accused, and most recently was seen in Wolf (BBC1), The Man Who Fell to Earth (CBS) and Professor T (ITV). She can be seen in King and Conqueror on BBC1, and in The Deal on a streaming network and has just finished Land of the Living at the National Theatre – by David Lan, directed by Stephen Daldry.
Rachel Parris is a BAFTA-nominated comedian, as well as a musician, actor and writer. Her viral satirical segments on The Mash Report have had over 100 million views, and for her musical comedy songs have seen her often compared to Victoria Wood.
On TV, she has appeared on Live At The Apollo, Would I Lie To You, Mock the Week, Q.I. and Cats Does Countdown and on BBC Radio 4 she is a regular on The Now Show, Just A Minute and I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue.
As an improviser she performs with the Comedy Store Players and is a founder member of Austentatious, the acclaimed Jane Austen improv show currently appearing in the West End and on tour.
Her first novel, ‘Introducing Mrs Collins‘, is a Pride and Prejudice sequel following the story of Charlotte Lucas, which was released in 2025 to great acclaim.
Tickets & Times
| Fri 13 Mar | 7 pm | {{spektrix_instance_id_314948ACHQSBBSLJRQHMQGCGCMJJCSLLH_status}} | ||
| Sat 14 Mar | 2 pm | {{spektrix_instance_id_314950ANJTSDPQQVSMDPRQDTMCTJCHBRM_status}} | ||
| Sat 14 Mar | 7 pm | {{spektrix_instance_id_314949AVTMNSCSQHMRRCLPSCBGPRSJCSB_status}} |
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