Austen purists beware: Ava Pickett’s modern-day take on Emma may well give you palpitations. And sure, all the social media chat and nightclub outings do feel a little on the nose. But if you can look ...

So welcome to the world of overconfident wannabe matchmakers (Emma Woodhouse) and ineffectual popinjay suitors (Frank Churchill, Mr. Elton) and of silly, hapless young women (Harriet Smith and, then ...

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To celebrate the 250th anniversary of novelist Jane Austen’s birth, the Oxford Playhouse programmed Stephen Unwin’s Theatre Royal Bath production of Emma, in a new dramatisation by Ryan Craig.

Ryan Craig, who adapted 1984 for the stage last year, does the honours here – and the result is genuinely funny. For those ...