10 thoughts on “The Frock Flicks Guide to Jane Austen on Screen: Part 2

  1. Miss Austen seems to have been at least co-designed by Jan Simpson, who also co-worked on the latest BBC Miserables, Poldark etc. Figures: Made-for TV/streaming productions with a good deal of costumes pulled from other younger predecessors/costume houses and prettily but characterwise not very discriminatingly spread about the cast – or a small number of mostly norm core, understyled custom-made costumes. At least the differing decades seem to register. Except for Rose Lesley’s Isabella, the youngest of the 1830ies portion, who looks stubbornly stuck in an 1810s way.

  2. Brunette in P&P&Z is I think Millie Brady who played Mary Bennett as she has a darker coat like her older sisters in the film (unlike Kitty and Lydia who got pastel outerwear to show their more flippant nature) and Suki Waterhouse as Kitty had not terribly period accurate bangs.

  3. Did I read somewhere that there’s an adaptation of ‘Longbourn’ in the works? I hope so! it’s definitely the best of the Austen sequels/inspired by etc books.

  4. Apropos of nothing, Ms. Imogen Poots has one of my favourite names to be found in any cast list – just the perfect combination of ‘hilariously cute’ and ‘actually quite pretty’.

    Also, I am deeply disturbed that the author of this article completely forgot to mention a key player in that picture from BECOMING JANE.

    I am, of course, referring to the PUG (After all, how else is a running joke to keep on it’s feet when neglected so shamelessly?).😉

  5. Almost forgot to add – I watched a bit of SANDITON back in the day (If nothing else it gave us Mr Adrian Scarborough with an accent worthy of Abraham Van Helsing*) and on being reminded of the show it struck me once again that Ms. Charlotte Spencer (Who plays the young lady with an unfortunate connection to her stepbrother) has a face that absolutely demands WITH MENACES to be set atop an Elizabethan ruff.

    Honestly, I cannot decide if she might make a better Queen Elizabeth the First or the sort of Tudor Beauty who had to think fast if she wanted to avoid the jealousy of Queen Bess…

    *It would be dishonest of me to pretend that the abundance of lovey ladies in half-decent frocks did not play a key role in sustaining my interest for the length of Season One.

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