The Jane Austen Festival in Bath: Step Back in Time!

The Jane Austen Festival in Bath will celebrate 12 years of success this year. Find full information about the activities on the Jane Austen Centre site: Click here. Highlights of the Festival include:

•  Saturday, Sept 15: the promenade includes red coats this year. Over 500 people dressed in Regency costume officially open the Festival. 
•  Sunday evening, Sept 16: an Evening with Mr Wickham. Adrian Lukis, who played the character in 1995s adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. 
•  Monday, Sept. 17: a walk to Beechen Cliff. 
•  Tuesday, Sept 18: an outing to Stourhead House and other gardens in Wiltshire 
•  Wednesday, Sept 19: the Tin Roof Productions theatre company performs Sense and Sensibility, the musical. 

•  Thursday evening, Sept 20: A Noisy Game of Lottery Tickets at the Jane Austen Centre, (Regency card games). 
•  Friday noon, Sept 21: Ladies of a Certain Age, presented by History Wardrobe, which focuses on the older women of Austen's novels in humorous celebration. 
•  Friday, Sept 21: Jane Austen Festival Regency Costumed Masked Ball held in the Pump Room.
• Saturday, September 22, Walking tour of Jane Austen's Bath. 

• Click here for a drop down menu of events

Jane Austen Movie Throwdown

Last week we asked you to choose which hero in uniform you liked best. And while many readers liked Colonel Brandon, the majority chose Captain Wentworth in his dashing navy uniform. This week you are asked to choose your favorite militia man from the three actors who portrayed Mr. Wickham.

The hero in uniform I like best (Part 2)

Adrian Lukis as Mr. Wickham , Pride and Prejudice 1995

Rupert Friend as Mr. Wickham, Pride and Prejudice 2005

Tom Riley as Mr. Wickham, Lost in Austen, 2009

Best Mr. Wickham in Uniform
	Adrian Lukis, 1995
	Rupert Friend, 2005
	Tom Riley, 2009
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