Anne Elliot, 27, cannot forget her first attachment and ruptured engagement to Frederick Wentworth almost eight years before. Now a Captain in the English Navy, her beloved returns triumphant over the defeat of Napoleon, looking for marriage with anyone but her. The estranged former lovers find themselves in constant close company, excluded, injured, and pressured by others, or separated and disturbed until both hearts are finally opened, understood, and rejoined for all time.
In Persuasion, adapted from the last novel by Jane Austen, anything is possible— then and now—from season to season: love, like friendship, can be lost and found again.
Keywords: Jane Austen, Regency drama
Produced by Concordia University Edmonton (CUE), Edmonton AB, November 2026
Collider Festival Pubic Reading, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton AB, June 2025
Genre: Comedic Drama, Adaptation
Acts: 2
Run time: 110 minutes
Suitable for students 16+
Cast size: 10 - 18 actors
Male roles: 4
Female roles: 6
Casting notes: There are 18 roles: two are the leads and 8 are doubled. If desired, this play can accommodate 11 female actors and 7 male actors.
