Austen’s Women: Lady Susan

Jane Austen’s magnificently crafted tale of manipulation and manners.

The award-winning creators of Austen’s Women, A Christmas Carol, I, Elizabeth, Female Gothic, Christmas Gothic, A Room of One’s Own and That Knave, Raleigh are back with a brand new solo comedy show: Jane Austen’s magnificently crafted tale of manipulation and manners.

Meet devil-may-care black widow, Lady Susan, (‘the most accomplished coquette in England’), hunting down not one, but two, fortunes; oppressed, rebellious daughter Frederica; long-suffering sister-in-law Catherine; family matriarch Mrs De Courcy; and insouciant best friend, Alicia.

Return to the Regency (or rather, Georgian) in this wickedly funny tale of society and the women trapped within it; their struggles, their desires, their temptations and manipulations – and at the vanguard, Lady Susan: charming, scheming, witty, and powerful; taking on society and making it her own. But has she met her match?

Based on Jane Austen’s first full-length work from 1794, this is Austen as you’ve never seen her before!

Created in collaboration with The Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead.

Reviews:

★★★★★‘A towering performance‘ (The Scotsman)

★★★★★‘A luscious sweeping tale’ (The i)

★★★★★ ‘Truly extraordinary… one of the most exciting young performers on the British Stage’ (British Theatre Guide)

★★★★★‘Quite simply: it’s astounding’ (Broadway Baby)

★★★★★ ’Outstanding…gripping… Vaughan is never less than magnetic’ (Three Weeks)

‘Perfection… Vaughan is simply sublime’ (Huffington Post)

Dyad Productions creates, produces and tours classic theatre with an innovative and contemporary emphasis. A regular fixture at the Edinburgh Fringe, their work has been a critical, 5-star, sell-out success since 2009. Other Dyad Productions, That Knave, Raleigh, A Christmas Carol, Austen’s Women, I, Elizabeth, Christmas Gothic, Female Gothic and A Room of One’s Own have garnered five-star reviews and continue to tour across the UK and internationally.

In 2018 Dyad Productions was awarded the prestigious Three Weeks Editors’ Award for Cumulative Body of Work. This piece was created in collaboration with The Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead, where they are a resident company.