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The Watsons

By Laura Wade
Series: Modern Plays
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The Watsons follows nineteen-year-old Emma Watson, who returns to her family home after being cut off financially by her wealthy aunt. With marriage pressing on Emma and her sisters to avoid poverty and an unhappy household, they navigate a world of potential suitors ranging from the charming Tom Musgrave to the socially clumsy but wealthy Lord Osborne. The tale is a playful re-imagining based on Jane Austen's unfinished novel, exploring what happens when characters are left without an author to conclude their stories.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This witty and inventive play will appeal to fans of classic literature, especially admirers of Jane Austen, and those who enjoy clever adaptations that blend humour with cultural critique.

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What happens when the writer loses the plot?

Emma Watson is nineteen and new in town. She’s been cut off by her rich aunt and dumped back in the family home. Emma and her sisters must marry, fast. If not, they face poverty, spinsterhood, or worse: an eternity with their boorish brother and his awful wife.

Luckily, there are plenty of potential suitors to dance with, from flirtatious Tom Musgrave to castle-owning Lord Osborne, who’s as awkward as he is rich.

So far, so familiar. But there’s a problem: Jane Austen didn’t finish the story. Who will write Emma’s happy ending now?

Based on her incomplete novel, this sparklingly witty play looks under the bonnet of Jane Austen and asks: what can characters do when their author abandons them?

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350256620

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 April 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 120g

Pages: 112

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Arts & Culture Laura Wade Non-Fiction Series: Modern Plays

About the Author

Laura Wade’s plays include Posh (Royal Court Theatre and West End); Tipping The Velvet (Lyric Hammersmith); Alice (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield); Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer (Globe Theatre, Sydney Opera House and Australian tour); Other Hands (Soho Theatre); Colder Than Here (Soho Theatre and MCC Theatre New York); Breathing Corpses (Royal Court Theatre); Catch (Royal Court Theatre, written with four other playwrights); Young Emma (Finborough Theatre); 16 Winters (Bristol Old Vic Basement) and Limbo (Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield). Films include The Riot Club. Awards include the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Pearson Best Play Award and the George Devine Award. Laura Wade’s plays have been performed in the UK, USA, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico.

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