I’ve been entranced with PBS’s latest series, “The Complete Jane Austen“: the actors, the costumes, the sets and of course, the screenplays, including writer Andrew Davies’ master work, “Pride and Prejudice”.
It was a particular treat to see Jemma Redgrave, the star of PBS’s 2001 mini-series Bramwell, as Lady Bertram in “Mansfield Park”.
Giving “Masterpiece” newcomers their due as well, Mark Dymond gave a top-notch performance as supercilious lady’s man Frederick Tilney in “Northanger Abbey”.
Experiencing the foibles, romances, social triumphs and comeuppances of British country society in the late 18th and early 19th centuries has been a great escape and a refined pleasure.