I relished the chance to play a character like that because, ultimately, he has shades of Rochester and lots of different characters where you’re not sure necessarily – there’s a kind of a double edge of what’s going on on the surface and what’s going on behind the eyes. AndContinue Reading
Sanditon season two has ended, and now we can pick apart Colonel Lennox again. For fun, I did a quick survey on Twitter, asking people to give me a one-word description of Colonel Lennox. Here are a few of the results. Some couldn’t limit their disgust to only one word.Continue Reading
Analyzing characters can be fun but challenging. When I think of Alexander Colbourne in season two of Sanditon, my initial reaction is, “it’s complicated.” There are multiple layers to examine, based on the information we have received from the screenplay. We do not have a novel written to dissect everyContinue Reading
Let’s face it, there’s more than one trunk of baggage to unpack in episode six of Sanditon season two. Like you, I watched their last interaction together, and said out loud, “what the heck just happened?” From the time stamp on the streaming episode on PBS Passport of 47.30 whenContinue Reading
It’s time to pick up our crayons (or colored pencils, if you prefer) and fill in the blanks with what we know or have perceived thus far about Colonel Lennox in Sanditon Season 2. Arriving in his handsome red and yellow uniform, draped with medals for his heroism at Waterloo,Continue Reading
Young also wanted Clara’s return to add some spice to Edward’s attempt to convince Lady Denham that he’s been totally reformed. “I think the audiences are pretty aware by the end of Episode 1 that Edward is not as redeemed as he’s pretending to be,” Young said. “I thought, let’sContinue Reading
Colonel Lennox – We get more screen time in Episode 1 with Lennox than any other. Naturally, initial impressions are he’s a formidable male specimen dressed in his redcoat and military regalia. He’s well-spoken, has chisel features, clean-shaven (just how I like them), and carries an obvious presence that makesContinue Reading
As of today, it’s 55 days until Sanditon Season 2 is released on PBS Masterpiece. Let’s take a look at the clues about the journey for some of our female characters both new and returning. Rose Williams, as Charlotte Heywood, is our heroine of the story. In a recent podcastContinue Reading
Must I write about this woman? I suppose since she was a main character in Season 1. The entire audience around the world had to endure her arrival back into Sidney Parker’s life. Creation of the writers and not of Jane Austen, Eliza serves a purpose in the storyline. It’sContinue Reading
Lady Susan is a creation of the writers of Sanditon and not mentioned in Jane Austen’s text. Interestingly enough, Jane Austen did pen a short novel entitled Lady Susan, thought to be written sometime in 1794 but not published until 1871. Sophie Winkleman, who is actually Lady Frederick Windsor, marriedContinue Reading
Miss Lambe is a creation of Jane Austen and described as seventeen, half mulatto, and the possessor of an immense fortune. Miss Lambe is a young lady–probably a niece–under Mrs. Griffiths’ care, richer than all the rest, and very delicate health. You can see below from Jane’s text the mentionsContinue Reading
Lord Babington – a creation of the writers of Sanditon, the television series. He’s a good friend of the Prince Regent and a friend and acquaintance of Sidney Parker and Mr. Crowe. He’s an admirer of Esther Denham and an excellent catch as a husband. His love story with EstherContinue Reading
The Stringers. Two characters in the series are developed far beyond what Jane Austen had in her original text. There is only one instance of the name “Stringer” in the Sanditon novel. But it occurs to me that we ought to go elsewhere upon such occasions, and that old StringerContinue Reading
Clara Brereton, played brilliantly by Lily Sacofsky, is for me the most complicated of individuals in Sanditon. Clara, as we see her in the screen production, is the product of her past and circumstances of poverty, who has one goal in mind – survival. Jane Austen set the stage, introducingContinue Reading
Everyone loves a villain. I think it’s safe to say that Edward Denham fits the bill in many ways. He’s seducer, a manipulator, and a conniver among many things. He’s motivated by greed and has no moral compass or conscience to guide him. Jane Austen created Edward and penned theContinue Reading
Esther Denham is a character to pity and love. She shows enormous growth through Season 1, and is part of a HEA scenario with Lord Babington. Without Esther, there wouldn’t be much rejoicing at the end of Sanditon, which provides a bit of balm to our hearts while dealing withContinue Reading
After writing about Tom Parker, it’s time to look at Mary Parker. Below are the clips from Jane Austen’s novel, Sanditon, and the peek given into Mary’s personality. And Mrs. Parker was as evidently a gentle, amiable, sweet-tempered woman, the properest wife in the world for a man of strongContinue Reading
I love Charlotte. Frankly, I don’t think I’ve ever been in such awe of a Jane Austen heroine as I am her. Here is what Jane wrote about our beloved Charlotte: Their invitation was to Miss Charlotte Heywood, a very pleasing young woman of two and twenty, the eldest ofContinue Reading
Sidney Parker is a creation of Jane Austen. The quotes below this post are what she wrote about him in her unfinished manuscript.1 In short, Jane describes him as a man who speaks his mind, appears to joke a lot and make people laugh, is accused by Tom of beingContinue Reading