Monday, September 18, 2006

This morning I had the chance to do a full run-thru of the show in the hotel room with David Green holding book. I remembered most of it! Not so bad after a weekend off! Next it was off to the Jane Austen Centre and I asked if anybody there knew Rebecca Hemmings. The young lady speaking to me said she was Rebecca - she is to play my niece Fanny - I heard her give one of the intro talks at the Centre and she was fantastic - animated - she will be wonderful! We toured the centre which featured costume exhibits, some history from the period - how Bath was a medical mecca and the waters were supposed to cure everything from obesity to low spirits. It's interesting that many fashionable people of the court went to Bath during Aphra Behn's time - especially to cure syphilis. Enough said there! Next it was upstairs for Tea. We actually had the "Tea with Mr. Darcy" which featured raisin and plan scones, clotted cream, strawberry preserves, cucumber sandwiches, cheese sandwhiches and a piece of cake! We also had the Jane Austen Blend Tea. Now it's we're off to see one of the homes Jane stayed in while living here. We keep meeting many people from the states.

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