Laura Rocklyn returns with  Living History Portrayal of Jane Austen.

The year is 1815, and Jane Austen has just returned from a visit to the Prince Regent’s London residence. The honor of this invitation prompts her to reminisce about the events that led the daughter of a country clergyman to a position of such prominence. She shares her thoughts and feelings about her novels and how their publication changed her life for ever.

About Laura Rocklyn

Laura Rocklyn is an actor, writer, and first person historical interpreter based in Boston, MA. She has performed with regional theater companies across the country where favorite shows and she is also a teaching artist and writer.  Laura writes and performs one-woman historic character portrayals for educational groups up and down the East Coast. She presented her one-woman play Charlotte Brontë: To Do More and Better Things as a part of the North American Friends of Chawton House 2021 Speaker Subscriptions Series, and her original short play Emma is Presented in Washington City premiered as the curtain raiser for the Jane Austen Society of North America 2016 Annual General Meeting.

Laura holds an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University, an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, a Shakespeare Certificate from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and a BA in Theatre and English Literature from Middlebury College.

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