Jane Austen On Screen

Explore the history of Jane Austen on screen with this 4-week course looking at adaptations of her novels, depictions of her life and times, and the influence she has had on cinema.

Explore the history of Jane Austen on screen with this 4-week course looking at adaptations of her novels, depictions of her life and times, and the influence she has had on cinema.

The works of Jane Austen have adapted – with various levels of success – many times for film and television. Its style, its values and its humour have been aped, lampooned, celebrated and derided in equal measure. But what has been its lasting impact? Does the visual medium adequately capture the genius at the heart of the original literary pieces? The course aims to explore these questions and more.

Course Breakdown

Week 1: Pride & Prejudice: An introduction to Austen on Screen

Week 2: Sense & Sensibility: Comparing and contrasting film and television adaptations.

Week 3: Persuasion: Austen’s influence and radical adaptations

Week 4: Miss Austen Regrets: Jane Austen’s life on screen

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £55 / £50 conc / £45 Members

Tutor: Kenton Hall

Booking Information: This four week course will run at Phoenix on Thursdays on Thursday 31 July – 21 Aug, 7.30pm – 9pm

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Member discount available.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

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ABOUT THE TUTOR

Kenton Hall is an award-winning Canadian writer, director, musician and actor. In 2015, he wrote, directed and co-starred in the feature film A Dozen Summers, now available on Netflix.
He also wrote the comic memoir Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder, co-wrote the Audible Drama Getting Better, starring Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale and Mark Gatiss, co-adapted and co-directed for audio, the lost silent horror film London After Midnight (starring Art Malik) and wrote the Doctor Who musical spin-off Children of the Circus and its novelisation. Somewhere in between he released the triple album Idiopath as Kenton Hall & The Necessary Measures.