Tag Archives: adaptation

Jane Austen: The Anti-Super Bowl

Posted on February 7, 2011 by stewartry

I love that PBS tonight quietly countered the testosterone and sheer brute force of the Super Bowl with a choice of Jane Austen: on CPTV, Persuasion (the non-Ciaran Hinds version) and on Channel 13 the full production of Emma. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Anne of Avonlea: In defense of Miss Lavendar

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stewartry

  I mentioned in one of the other posts that Miss Lavendar has always been one of my favorite characters in the Anne oeuvre.  Now that I’m an old maid myself, I take her as something of a patron saint.  … Continue reading →

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Anne of Avonlea — and not (episode 4)

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stewartry

I was going to go on as usual and write a post about the remainder of the BBC Anne of Avonlea, but … there’s too much.  (I don’t even have the heart to make that a Princess Bride reference.)  My … Continue reading →

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Anne of Avonlea (BBC)

Posted on January 9, 2011 by stewartry

Anne of Avonlea  (TV mini-series 1975) Director: Joan Craft Writers:  Lucy Maud Montgomery (novel), Elaine Morgan (adaptation) I guess I never looked very hard for other Annes than the Kevin Sullivan/Megan Follows, because I never knew this version existed.  I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Plum puffs won’t minister to a script diseased

Posted on August 15, 2009 by stewartry

It’s not a good sign when one film is about one book and the next takes in … three.  It’s also not a good sign when the producer “didn’t think there was ‘enough dramatic material for a film’ and the … Continue reading →

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