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.)

Alex Kingston and Mark Brownlow

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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Published on November 28, 2019 02:53
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Carole (in Canada) Oh I loved Alex as Mrs. Bennet in 'Lost in Austen'! Lucky you!


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Mark Brownlow 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!


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Christina Morland 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!


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Mark Brownlow 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!"


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Teresa Great to meet someone like that Mark!!


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Mark Brownlow Teresa wrote: "Great to meet someone like that Mark!!"

Thanks, yes, it was fun, especially as she was so chatty and "normal"


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