Download or read book Jane Austen and the Theatre written by Paula Byrne and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paula Byrne shows how Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Mansfield Park are all shaped by the comic drama of the period and by Jane Austen's own understanding of men and women as actors playing parts. >