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Jane takes her niece Fanny to Drury Lane to watch the great tragedian Edmund Kean. She also offers some advice to another niece - Anna - an aspiring novelist.... A portrait of the family, social and professional world of Jane Austen, as seen through her letters and novels. Devised by Vanessa Rosenthal Jane Austen .... Susannah Harker Cassandra .... Oona Beeson Frank .... David Holt Henry .... Ian Brooker Anna .... Annabelle Dowler Fanny .... Jasmine Hyde Martha Lloyd .... Marian Kemmer Edward .... Richard da Costa John Murray .... Robert Lister Director Peter Leslie Wild First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 in December 2000.