Northanger Abbey, A Romantic Gothic Comedy

Adapted by Lynn Marie Macy from the novel by Jane Austen and Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho

Comedy! Adventure! Romance! …Murder? Northanger Abbey, Lynn Marie Macy’s hilarious adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, follows the adventures of Catherine Morland, a passionate (though impressionable) small town girl, who is perhaps too devoted to gothic thrillers. Young Catherine thirsts for adventure and soon finds it in the fashionable resort of Bath, England. Hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Allen, her wealthy neighbors from home, she experiences her first social whirl amidst the Thorpe and Tilney families while obsessively reading her favorite new novel, Radcliffe’s The Mysteries Of Udolpho. Scenes from the novel, experienced in Catherine’s vivid imagination, are inter-woven with the comparatively civil – but no less eventful – adventures of Catherine’s real life. The result is a swashbuckling Wizard of Oz-like journey through Catherine’s two worlds, culminating in her unexpected visitation to the Tilney’s mysterious estate, Northanger Abbey.

There is one Thursday performance on November 16, with an early 7:00 PM curtain.

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Appropriate For Ages: seven and up

Press Quotes

“Austen via Macy triumphs as storyteller par excellence. And Macy as adaptor triumphs too, by beguiling us not only with this splendid and compelling tale, but also with a remarkably felicitous depiction of Austen’s world. Northanger Abbey’s got it all…action, adventure, wit and enough plot for half a dozen plays. I urge you not to miss it. Brava!”
-nytheatre.com

“Lynn Marie Macy’s entertaining adaptation is titled Northanger Abbey, A Romantic Gothic Comedy, and it is an ambitious attempt to meld the Austen Novel with Radcliffe’s The Mysteries Of Udolpho, the 18th century tale Northanger Abbey sets out to satirize…this is an ingenious concept.”
-Back Stage

“Playwright Lynn Marie Macy’s decision to tell the stories of both Austen’s novel of manners and Radcliffe’s over-the-top potboiler romance creates a delightful contrast.”
-Enterprise Record

“Northanger Abbey is probably the most adventurous of Jane Austen’s novels, in that it steps outside the more sedate milieu of her other works. In its day, it was no doubt rather daring. The Mysteries of Udolpho includes duels, and over-the-top declarations of love from young men…with one or two hauntings thrown in for good measure. You could say that this is the story of a girl growing into true womanhood, dealing with the subtleties of human beings, and told with beautiful language.”
-Off Off Broadway Review

“Catherine uses Udolpho as a kind of template for determining who’s who, leaping from her early 19th century English setting to the fantasy of Radcliffe’s continental-draped dream world. That modern playwright Lynn Marie Macy has managed a seamless juxtaposition of the two books that is both fluid and hilarious is a marvelous feat.”
-Sacramento News & Review