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Emma by Kate Hamill is not your classic Jane Austen adaptation by any stretch of the imagination. PlayMakers Repertory brings it to life!

How are our popular Turkey Day meals different from those at a wealthy Regency family’s formal dinner party? Read on to find out!

Austen refers to Samuel Johnson in her work, both juvenile and mature. Do his Dictionary definitions shed light on her novel?

Jane Austen would not have had Halloween festivities as a child, but that doesn't mean she didn't know mummies!

Jane Austen came from a family of writers and story-tellers, like her older brother James Austen, author of The Loiterer and comic prologues

Austen's "Jack and Alice" - what makes a hero? Austen's adolescent take on that question are surprisingly naughty (and funny)!

Who influenced Jane Austen’s Juvenilia? Austen’s family and a couple of prominent literary figures were among those that did.