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My Solitary Elegance - can Austen come to Austin?

Topic 218 · 1 response · archived october 2000
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~terry seed
I've heard that there is a show coming to the US called "My Solitary Elegance" which has enjoyed a lot of success in England and Scotland and was featured on BBC2. It's going to be performed Oct 2-5th at the Jane Austen Society of North America AGM and the show is looking to fill some dates from the 6th through the 8th. I'm trying to get them to Austin by contacting the local theater groups. iwalsh@waonline.com is the source for this information.
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