2017 Programme

The 2017 Jane Austen Festival – all events listed below

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	Friday 8 September 12 noon – The Genius of Jane Austen – Paula Byrne – book signing 6.30pm – Pre-Festival Get Together
	Saturday 9 September 9am – A very private public breakfast – food 11am – Grand Regency Costumed Charity Promenade – Royal Crescent Lawn 12noon – Festival Fayre – in the Guildhall 12.15pm hourly – Pride and Prejudice – the 20 minute version 1.30pm half-hourly – Austen Undone! – Theatrical Comedy walks 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk and food 6pm – The story of Pride & Prejudice with music by Carl Davis 8.30pm – The Bicentenary Country Dance – Ball
	Sunday 10 September 10am – A very private public breakfast – food 10am – Beaux & Bells, Breakfasts & Balls – walk 11.30am – Tour of Beckford’s tower – Dr Amy Frost 1.30pm half-hourly – Austen Undone! – Theatrical comedy walks 2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones 2.30pm – Jane Austen and the pleasure garden – walk 3pm – Meet the director – Simon Langton – (1995 Pride & Prejudice) 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk and food 7.30pm – Mr Wickham and an Evening with Jane Austen 9.15pm – Ghost walk of Bath –  with Laugh at Bath tours
	Monday 11 September 9.30am – Your carriage awaits – minibus tour of Bath 10am – Taking an airing – walking tour 11am – Austen and the architectural imagination in Northanger Abbey – Dr Amy Frost 12.30pm – Jane Austen and the King of Bling! – Catherine Curzon 1.30pm – Meryton tour to Lacock and Devizes – Minibus tour 2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones 2.30pm – As Danced in Austen’s lifetime – Regency dance workshop 8pm – Grave Robbers are afoot! – John White of Select Society
	Tuesday 12 September 8.30am – Day trip to Chawton House Library and Cottage – coach trip with Theatre Royal 9.30am – Your carriage awaits – minibus tour of Bath 10am – Beechen Cliff and the Bath Landscape – walk 11am – Excessively diverted! – talk 1.30pm – Meryton tour to Lacock and Devizes – Minibus tour 2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones 3.30pm – Engraving the £5 notes – Graham Short presentation 8pm – Chatter Broth – presentation by Select Society
	Wednesday 13 September 9.30am – Your carriage awaits – minibus tour of Bath 10am – The Gothic novel – walking tour 1.30pm – Meryton tour to Lacock and Devizes – Minibus tour 2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones 2.30pm – Northanger Abbey – theatrical (matinee) 7.30pm – Northanger Abbey – theatrical (evening)
	Thursday 14 September 9am – Day trip to Bristol, Clifton and Blaise Castle Estate – Coach trip 9am – Austen’s Hampshire Haunts – minibus tour Day of Dance and Music in the Assembly Rooms 10.30am – Regency Dance Workshop 1 – Beginners 11am – Austen, Fact or Fiction? – discussion Day of Dance and Music in the Assembly Rooms 1.30pm – Regency Dance Workshop 2 – Improvers 2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones Day of Dance and Music in the Assembly Rooms 3.30pm – Dancing with Jane Austen – narrated performance 5.30pm – Beastly Bath! – walking tour Day of Dance and Music in the Assembly Rooms 8pm – The musical world of Jane Austen – Austen trio
	Friday 15 September 9am – Austen’s Hampshire Haunts – guided minibus tour 10am – The oldest profession – walking tour 11am – Calligraphy workshop, write a letter like Jane Austen 12noon – Lunch at Longbourne with Moonstone Theatre Company – food 1.30pm – Pre-Ball dance workshop – for those attending the Masked Ball 2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones 3pm – The rise and fall of the Bath Stagecoach – talk with Dickon Povey 4pm – Draw back the curtain – theatre tour 7pm – (4 entry times) Exclusive Twilight tour of No 1 Royal Crescent – tour and nibbles 7pm – Regency Costumed Masked Ball – Pump Room, with reception by the Roman Baths
	Saturday 16 September 10am – A very private public breakfast – food 10am – Calligraphy workshop, write a letter like Jane Austen 11.30am – Considering Northanger Abbey – with Prof John Mullan 2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones 2pm – Unveiling Northanger Abbey – Lauren Nixon 3.30pm – Miss Morland’s Guide to Bath – walk 4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk 6pm – Gothic for Girls – History Wardrobe, presentation with Lucy Adlington 8.45pm – More pride, more prejudice! – improvised theatrical
	Sunday 17 September 11am – Jane Austen her home and her friends – walking tour 12.30pm – Mini-promenade to the Holburne 2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones 4pm – Finale – Jane Austen’s Will – Jackie Herring