Teenage Writings
Jane Austen's Teenage Writings are short, funny, a bit wild and madly inventive. Read, learn and play with our new online resources, including an interactive writing game and six short films, inspired by Jane Austen as you've never seen her before...Introduction to the Teenage Writings
Get started! Professor Kathryn Sutherland introduces the Teenage Writings
Theatrical shorts – six new films inspired by Jane Austen’s Teenage Writings
We commissioned Palma Studio to create some new works, inspired by Jane Austen’s funny, subversive and madly inventive teenage writings. They worked with a group of young actors to devise six short, theatrical films which respond to the themes, characters and plots that Jane Austen created nearly 250 years ago.
The Influencer: Beautiful Cassandra
Cake Rave
Sir William Mountague
Charles Adams
The Mystery Pitch
“Time for a letter”
The _____ Cassandra
An interactive writing game
Imagine this: itās 1789 and youāre visiting your friend Jane Austen. You are two bored teenagers, her older sister and brothers are away, and itās rainingā¦ Options for real adventure are limited, so you decide to write a story together (bonus: it will annoy Janeās sister Cassandra). Whatās it about? Ghosts, kidnappings, dance-offs? You get to decide in this creative writing game inspired by āThe Beautifull Cassandraā, Janeās cheeky mini-novel in 12 parts.
Designed by Palma Studio with Bonfire Dog
Tales in A Style Entirely New
Read all about it! Kathryn Johnson and Zsolt Balogh, of Palma Studio, reflect on how they went about creating some wild and startling new works in response to Jane Austen’s Teenage Writings.
These learning resources were generously funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund
