The Vyne
Sunday 11 May 2025
3.30pm to 4.30pm
Tickets: £20. Booking essential.

Enjoy a solo performance in The Vyne's Stone Gallery about Jane Austen's 12-hour engagement.  It's December 1802, Jane is twenty-six and back in Hampshire visiting her friends Catherine and Alethea, members of the wealthy Wither family on the Manydown estate. Estate owner Harris Bigg-Wither has just proposed. It was a big decision to say, "Yes,". It is an even a bigger decision to refuse the offer after twelve hours. Written by Phil Howe.

Tickets are non-refundable. Please note non-members entering The Vyne before 3pm on the day of the performance will need to pay normal admission.