Meeting Mrs Bennet
It seems 2019 is the year of serendipity. After some inadvertent Austen encounters in the UK, another one happened back home in Austria.
I bumped into Mrs Bennet.
(Otherwise known as actress Alex Kingston, who played Mrs B in 2008’s Lost in Austen mini-series.)
To be fair, this was no accident. Ms Kingston was a special guest at Vienna Comic Con. In the autograph and photo queues, about 99% of people were there because of her role as River Song in the SciFi series, Dr Who. Around 1% were...
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Carole (in Canada)
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Nov 28, 2019 08:18PM
Oh I loved Alex as Mrs. Bennet in 'Lost in Austen'! Lucky you!
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Carole (in Canada) wrote: "Oh I loved Alex as Mrs. Bennet in 'Lost in Austen'! Lucky you!"It's so rare to find anything Austen-related in Vienna, let alone an actual actor/actress!
This is so exciting! (I have to admit I haven't seen "Lost in Austen," so I would have been there to meet River Song (or perhaps even the doctor on ER...can't quite remember her name. Ah, the late 1990s!) Sounds like you had fun, too -- which is the best part!
Christina wrote: "This is so exciting! (I have to admit I haven't seen "Lost in Austen," so I would have been there to meet River Song (or perhaps even the doctor on ER...can't quite remember her name. Ah, the late ..."Have to admit I didn't know she'd been in ER and Dr Who, but everyone I talked to went "River Song!"
Teresa wrote: "Great to meet someone like that Mark!!"Thanks, yes, it was fun, especially as she was so chatty and "normal"
