On 14th November 1932, a play entitled “Dear Jane: A Comedy of Manners” opened at the Civic Repertory Theatre in New York. Staged by British-born Eva Le Gallienne and written by Eleanor Holmes Hinkley, it was the first dramatization of the life of Jane Austen.
William John Bankes, by Henry Bone, after George Sanders (Saunders). Pen and Ink, 1821 (1812). Creative Commons licence, image courtesy NPG London (NPG D17608). William John Bankes was once described as “the father of all mischief” by his friend Lord Byron: the traveller, collector and draughtsman was an MP before he inherited his family estate…
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