Persuasion

Written by Jane Austen.
Adapted and Directed by Bryony J. Thompson
Presented by The Rosemary Branch Theatre.

Anne Elliot, at twenty-seven, is no longer young and is without romantic prospects. Nearly eight years ago, she was persuaded to break off her engagement to the dashing Frederick Wentworth, a naval officer with neither fortune nor rank.

What happens when they encounter each other again is a story of love tinged with heartache, missed opportunities, and what it means for a woman to make choices not based on what others think, but what is in her heart.

In this new adaptation, the book springs from page to stage with a superb cast of six bringing to life the unfeeling and silly sisters, the sympathetic grand dames, the bumbling brothers-in-law, the fatuous father, and of course the inscrutable Captain Wentworth and the steadfast Anne Elliot.

As with Thompson's previous adaptations, the author's text has been scrupulously honoured to highlight the innermost thoughts of the two main characters in what is arguably, one of the most beautiful love letters in English literature.