Persuasion

An adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen at Collider Festival

Persuasion by Katherine Koller, an adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen, directed by Mieko Ouchi, will be read at the Collider Festival of New Work, co-presented by Script Salon on June 2, 2024 at the Citadel Theatre, Zeidler Hall.

PERSUASION

an adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen
by Katherine Koller

Anne Elliot at 27 is unable to forget her first attachment and ruptured engagement to Frederick Wentworth almost eight years before. Now a Captain in the English Navy, her beloved returns triumphant over the defeat of Napoleon, looking for marriage with anyone but her. The estranged former lovers find themselves in constant close company, excluded, injured, and pressured by others, or separated and disturbed until both hearts are finally opened, understood, and rejoined for all time. In Persuasion, adapted from the last novel by Jane Austen, anything is possible from season to season: love, like friendship, can be lost and found again.