Jane Austen's Period Drama

3/8/2026

Isn’t it sacrilegious to parody Jane Austen stories? Well even if it is, I liked this daft amalgamation of all things sentimentally slushy and period (no pun intended) from her stories. “Miss Estrogenia” (Julia Aks) is eagerly awaiting a proposal of marriage from the dashing and wealthy “Mr. Dickley” (Ta’imua) in best “Little Women” style, when one of her sisters notices some bodily fluid where it ought not to be - well not just at this precise moment, anyway. Before they can get her changed, though, he arrives and immediately assumes the worst and calls for a doctor. Needless to say her sagely father (Hugo Armstrong) can’t wait to get out of the room, and her concerned elder sister “Labinia” (Samantha Stuart) is determined that anything but the truth shall out so as not to offend her sist