This session follows 'Jane Austen and Sisters' last year, and 'Jane Austen and Fathers' & 'Jane Austen and Sex' in previous years.
From the casual cruelty of Lady Susan via the 'mean understanding' of Mrs Bennet, the facile warmth of Lady Bertram and the pragmatism of Mrs Morland to the vacuum left by the death of Anne and Elizabeth Eliot's mother, we'll look at how mothers in Jane's work - their presence and their absence - help shape their children's destinies.
We'll also look at Jane's own mother, Cassandra Leigh, who decided to get married in a red riding habit...
There will be breaks for coffee and lunch. Please bring your own coffee/tea and lunch.
Payment can be made by bank transfer, cheque or cash on the day. Cheques to be made out to the individual course leader.
Until lockdown she produced/co-produced The Comedy Project at Soho Theatre, showcasing new writing. Her one-woman plays: Jubilate! (The Times Critics’ Choice-Edinburgh Pleasance) and LOL (‘This show is bliss’—Libby Purves) have won awards. Her two-hander, Sympathy Pains, played at Park90 in Park Theatre’s opening season. (‘A great show, smart and funny with wonderful performances’ - Peter Capaldi). A new play, co-written with Lea Sellers, Holy Fool about Dmitri Shostakovich, will run at Park Theatre (Park200) August 27th - October 10th this year.
As an actress, Ros recently filmed a Channel 5 series set in Spain. She was in the 2024 Christmas Special of BBC1’s Beyond Paradise and in Series 1 (Ep 6) of Amazon Prime Video's Last One Laughing with comedienne Lou Sanders. She is in new feature film Misper, a short film, Everything's Fine and Mafia, a comedy which won the Audience Choice Award at Soho Film Festival 2025.
www.rosadler.com 
