A BLACK widow isn’t always what you want to find, but for South Hill Park, it’s a spring treat.
Lady Susan is the latest play from Dyad Productions, who created Austen’s Women and A Room Of One’s Own.
The show tells the story of devil-may-care Lady Susan, the coquettish black widow, hunting down not one, but two, fortunes.
Alonng that is the oppressed, rebellious daughter Frederica; long-suffering sister-in-law Catherine; family matriarch Mrs De Courcy; and insouciant best friend, Alicia.
Set in Georgian times, this is a darkly comic tale of society and the women trapped within it; their struggles, their desires, their temptations and manipulations – and at the vanguard, Lady Susan: charming, scheming, witty, and powerful; taking on society and making it her own.
But has she met her match?
The play is based on Jane Austen’s first full-length work from 1794, and is performed by Rebecca Vaughan and directed by Andrew Margerison.
It will be performed on Wednesday, April 24. Tickets cost £19, or £16 for South Hill Park friends.
For more details, or to book, call the box office on: 01344 484123, or log on to: southhillpark.org.uk
