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Dr Victoria Bladen has kindly agreed to be our guest speaker again and her talk in February 2021 'Persuasion on Screen' was very popular with members. Dr Bladen is presenting 'Pride and Prejudice on Screen'. The presentation will be exploring aspects of the afterlives of Austen on screen, considering some of the questions raised by the process of adaptation. We will consider three adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and think about the different ways they have approached the novel.
Films that will be discussed during this talk. You may wish to watch or re-watch these prior to the meeting:
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Directed by Simon Langton, performances by Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, BBC, 1995.
Pride and Prejudice. Directed by Joe Wright, performances by Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, Universal Pictures, 2005.
Bride and Prejudice. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, performances by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Martin Henderson, Pathé Pictures International, 2004.
Following the talk, Dr Bladen will hold a Q&A session. We will then have a lively and fun debate on the topic 'Which P&P is best? 1995 or 2005?'. Attendees will be asked to decide the winner of the debate.
Cost of meeting
Full Members who pay the annual membership fee of $35 attend for no extra cost. Casual members must pay $12 to attend this meeting. Please contact us at info@jasabrisbane.org if you require information on how to pay.
Please note COVID Restrictions for this meeting:
Face masks are compulsory. Please bring your mask and wear it while entering, leaving and inside the hall.
You must be vaccinated for COVID-19 to attend the meeting. Proof of vaccination must be provided either by the green tick on the ‘Check in Qld’ app, or showing a printed copy of your vaccination history.
You will be required to ‘Check in’ using the ‘Check in Qld’ app on entry. If you don’t have a smart phone with the app installed, there will be committee members available to assist.
No afternoon tea will be served due to mask wearing and social distancing requirements. Please bring your own water bottle and pen.
