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A show featuring never-before-seen family portraits is part of a year-long program celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen's birth. Cassandra's hand drawn copy from of a plate from an instruction ...
Masterpiece on PBS is whisking us back into the romantic Regency era world of Jane Austen, only this time, Jane’s sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) is our leading lady. The new Masterpiece show ...
Miss Austen follows Jane’s beloved sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) as she attempts to secure the writer’s legacy…in an extremely controversial way. **Spoilers for Miss Austen on Masterpiece ...
The Character: Cassandra Austen, the beloved sister of classic author Jane Austen, who wanted to protect her sister Jane’s legacy. Why She Took the Role: “When I received the script ...
MISS AUSTEN takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly ...
But how many are familiar with the Austen sisters? There’s Jane, of course, but may we introduce you to her sister, Cassandra? Masterpiece PBS’s latest series, Miss Austen, seeks to examine ...
Such is the case with “Miss Austen,” the 2020 novel by Gill Hornby. The fictional account focuses on Jane’s sister, Cassandra, and her decision to destroy much of Jane’s correspondence ...
The BBC Arts series also has contributions from authors Candice Carty-Williams, Kate Atkinson, Colm Toibin and Bee ... after ...
The PBS platform “Masterpiece” doesn’t usually have a villain at the center of its productions, but Austen fans have justly loathed Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes), the elder sister of ...
Masterpiece Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen. Both the show, and the book it was based upon, Gill Hornby's 2020 novel, Miss Austen, lightly suggest a motive for Cassandra’s actions. Still ...
Such is the case with “Miss Austen,” the 2020 novel by Gill Hornby. The fictional account focuses on Jane’s sister, Cassandra, and her decision to destroy much of Jane’s correspondence ...