I hope this hooks you and that, if it does, you'll share your thoughts below :)
Showing posts with label From Mansfield with Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label From Mansfield with Love. Show all posts
Thursday, April 16, 2015
I feel like a lot of my favorite web series have wrapped up or are on hiatus... But! I have at least one mainstay to see me through right now and that is: From Mansfield with Love. I mentioned it briefly here, but now I can do one better. The creators just released their own trailer:
I hope this hooks you and that, if it does, you'll share your thoughts below :)
I hope this hooks you and that, if it does, you'll share your thoughts below :)
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Currently watching...
Being that it's my passion, I feel a compulsion to every once in a while update you on the web series I'm following. I'm really happy that there seems to be a pretty constant flurry of activity in this exploding format--new projects starting up, others finishing one season and pursuing funding for another, etc. So in the midst of the many that I hear about, here are the series I've been watching over the last few months:
Title: Classic Alice
Creators: Kate Hackett
About: "It chronicles Alice Rackham's life -- lived according to classic literature." See my review of Season 1 here. Season 2 just wrapped and stories included: Pygmalion, "The Butterfly," Macbeth, "Rip Van Winkle," The Wind in the Willows, and A Christmas Carol. Whew! Range.
Of all the adapted web series I've watched this one has been the most innovative and also--with funding--could be the most sustainable. They are currently campaigning for funding and would so appreciate your support!
Title: In Earnest
Creators: Taryn Cole, Carly Straight, and Rachel Pullen
About: "'In Earnest' is a modern, web series adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous play, 'The Importance of Being Earnest.'" This is a quite delightful rendition of this story set at an East Coast University. I am amazed how seamlessly Wilde's 120 year old wit can be repeated word-for-word today. Favorite performance is John Laurie as Algernon Moncrieff
Title: Elinor and Marianne take Barton
Creators: Emily Nabney and Olivia Cole
About: "'Elinor and Marianne Take Barton' is an updated online adaptation of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, produced, filmed and created by students at the University of Warwick (England)." I'm aware there are a couple S&S adaptations going on currently; this has felt the most life-like to me. It's also delightful to finally watch a web-series based off a British book created and performed by British people :D
Title: From Mansfield with Love
Creators: Foot in the Door Theatre
About: "'From Mansfield With Love' is a modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park." Another British series! The pretense under which we get these videos is, I think, a perfect set up. Though I found neither Frances O'Conner (1999) nor Billie Piper (2007) convincing as Fanny Price, Holly Truslove seems to have struck a balance.
Other series I'm aware of, but haven't checked out yet:
March Family Letters
East and West
Carmilla
Green Gables Fables
The Misselthwaite Archives
Are there others you've been watching? Any of these look particularly interesting to you? Any I should review? :)
Title: Classic Alice
Creators: Kate Hackett
About: "It chronicles Alice Rackham's life -- lived according to classic literature." See my review of Season 1 here. Season 2 just wrapped and stories included: Pygmalion, "The Butterfly," Macbeth, "Rip Van Winkle," The Wind in the Willows, and A Christmas Carol. Whew! Range.
Of all the adapted web series I've watched this one has been the most innovative and also--with funding--could be the most sustainable. They are currently campaigning for funding and would so appreciate your support!
Status: Finished Season 2, campaigning for Season 3
Creators: Taryn Cole, Carly Straight, and Rachel Pullen
About: "'In Earnest' is a modern, web series adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous play, 'The Importance of Being Earnest.'" This is a quite delightful rendition of this story set at an East Coast University. I am amazed how seamlessly Wilde's 120 year old wit can be repeated word-for-word today. Favorite performance is John Laurie as Algernon Moncrieff
Status: Current. New videos air Wednesdays and Saturdays
Creators: Emily Nabney and Olivia Cole
About: "'Elinor and Marianne Take Barton' is an updated online adaptation of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, produced, filmed and created by students at the University of Warwick (England)." I'm aware there are a couple S&S adaptations going on currently; this has felt the most life-like to me. It's also delightful to finally watch a web-series based off a British book created and performed by British people :D
Status: Current. New videos air Friday (usually)
Creators: Foot in the Door Theatre
About: "'From Mansfield With Love' is a modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park." Another British series! The pretense under which we get these videos is, I think, a perfect set up. Though I found neither Frances O'Conner (1999) nor Billie Piper (2007) convincing as Fanny Price, Holly Truslove seems to have struck a balance.
Status: Current. New videos air Wednesday and Sundays
Other series I'm aware of, but haven't checked out yet:
March Family Letters
East and West
Carmilla
Green Gables Fables
The Misselthwaite Archives
Are there others you've been watching? Any of these look particularly interesting to you? Any I should review? :)
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