The Austen Playbook

"The Austen Playbook is the latest – and for my book-buying money, the best – in Lucy Parker’s beloved London Celebrities series, which follows the romantic trials and travails of a group of colorful theater and media people in London’s West End. This time around we’re with Freddy Carlton, a bit player previously who’s now the center of attention as she prepares for “The Austen Playbook,” a play-within-a-play being staged as a live-action TV event on a palatial estate that just happens to be owned by the snotty critic who’s panned all her previous performances. Do sparks fly? You bet your bonnet and pelisse they do."