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Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by Tony Grant

Tony Grant — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:41:19 +0000

There was one moment which was absolutely hilarious…
Alastair Sooke was discussing the physical aspects of the dances with the dancers themselves. They were talking about the intricacies of the steps and the energy needed. Some of the dancers commented on the energy and strength needed to dance for hours on end and that they were sweating buckets. ( Sweating buckets,: an English phrase which creates an image don’t you think?). Alaister Sooke , turned to camera and said,

“In Pride and Prejudice,, Lydia is described as dancing every dance. That girl must have had some heft.”

You could have heard every household throughout Britain laugh out loud.

You have to understand, Alaister Sooke is a very upper middle class Southerner and that ,”heft,,” is very Northern mill towns. A Lancashire working class word. Just for your information, Amanada Vickery, is a Lancashire lass from a northern mill town. Amanda MUST have put Alaister up to it!!!

if you want to know what ,,”heft,” means I’ll leave that up to you to explore and discover!!! ha! ha!

Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by Tony Grant

Tony Grant — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:42:16 +0000

Helen, the dances went on forever. The professional dancers used in the making of this programme were exhausted wearing Regency costume. Three hundred candles lit the room too.The dances we see the film adaptations of Janes novels are hybrids of the original dances.They are created for the film. This programme portrays dances that would actually have been danced. They were more akin to energetic country dancing. There were indeed lots of leeping and energetic bouncing involved.

Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by Tony Grant

Tony Grant — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:36:13 +0000

Vic. I thought it was a great joke. Jane would have approved of your creativity!!!

Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by Tony Grant

Tony Grant — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:34:49 +0000

Joan, if you live in Britain it is on i-player. If you live in the States, have a look at Youtube.(Not sure if that is a legal source), The programme is an hour and a half long. On the BBC it is shown without a break. (We have long concentration spans over here. ha! ha!) An American TV company would have to edit it for all your commercials.

Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by Tony Grant

Tony Grant — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:02 +0000

Hi Patty as this was a reenactment of the Netherton Ball, financed by Fitzwilliam, he would have wanted to show off his wealth by providing the most expensive dishes he could afford but he also wanted to provide things his guests would have been familair with too. Certain things are popularand traditional np matter what financial bracket. Bill Gates drinks Coca Cola I am sure and so do I. See what i mean?

Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by helenajust

helenajust — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:28:32 +0000

This was an absolutely enthralling programme. Because it covered all aspects of a Regency ball it was tremendously informative, and really brought Jane Austen’s world to life. One aspect which was interesting was how very physical the dances were – no gentle gliding and mincing steps, but leaps and jumps. Each dance also went on for some time, and there was a lot of contact between the dancers and a good opportunity to look at others as well as your partner.

I can’t recommend this too highly. I think that quite a bit of it is on Youtube.

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Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by Fred

Fred — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:35:56 +0000

Yes, I’d love to see it as well! I wonder if this will be broadcast in America….

Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by Vic

Vic — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:32:58 +0000

I knew the spelling was suspect and decided to let the slip stay.

Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by Joan Doyle

Joan Doyle — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:31:39 +0000

This sounds fascinating. I am sorry I missed the May 10th showing! Will there be a rebroadcast soon?

Comment on Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball at Chawton House by Fred

Fred — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:24:29 +0000

“The grand spectacle of the supper table, with its silver platters, silver dishes, and silver tureens, gave an overall impression of austentation and of the host’s status.”

Hmmm…. “austentation”—simple slip-up, or were you going for a pun there? Heh, heh, heh….