Emma’s “London Season,” 1816

September 12, 2013 at 1:24 am (diaries, entertainment, history, london's landscape, research) (1816, amazon, antient concerts, drury lane, emma smith, jasna news, london season, margaret meen, youtube)

Among the fascinating insights in Emma’s diary, are the “delights” of a London Season. I picked out some of the festivities mentioned in the Season during 1816 to write about — and to records as a YouTube video. It’s also a video I’ve uploaded to my Amazon page. The text originally published in JASNA News.

Some Highlights:

• Soirees & Concerts
• attending Drury Lane (and Jane Austen writing about Kean)
• painting with Margaret Meen (tutor to Queen Charlotte and the princesses)
• the Antient Music concert series
• teas & parties
• Grand Party at No. 5 Portland Place [inactive link; site taken down]
• wedding of Princess Charlotte of Wales to Prince Leopold
• Cosi fan tutte, with Madame Fodor