{"id":1301678,"date":"2022-11-25T07:45:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T23:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hkadc9.tecturasystem.com\/archives\/event\/the-jockey-club-from-page-to-stage-programme-2012-emma"},"modified":"2024-01-26T22:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T14:05:50","slug":"the-jockey-club-from-page-to-stage-programme-2012-emma","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/event\/the-jockey-club-from-page-to-stage-programme-2012-emma\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jockey Club \u201cFrom Page To Stage\u00ae\u201d Programme 2012: \u201cEmma\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jane Austen\u2019s beloved novel, Emma, is a highly recommended book on the local schools\u2019 reading list. It was adapted by the Artistic Director of AFTEC, Dr Vicki Ooi, into a fresh and unique educational adventure for the Jockey Club \u201cFrom Page to Stage\u2122\u201d Programme in March 2012. This was the first in a triennium of the English drama programme sponsored by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the title sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>The light-hearted plot revolves around the handsome, clever, and rich Emma Woodhouse who, in the eyes of the others, might seem to be a rather spoiled young woman often overestimating her own matchmaking abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Complacent with her self-declared success at matchmaking for her governess, she takes it upon herself to match her poor friend Harriet with Mr. Elton, which leads to a series of misconstrued romance heading towards a comical resolution of self discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Adapted and performed in simplified English, with the help of well researched Georgian Regency period costumes and an original, highly hummable score by a local composer with lyrics to match, AFTEC embarked on a classic that is much loved by one and all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373364,373315],"area_type":[350138],"event_language":[365763],"series":[],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1301678","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-theatre-drama-en","event_category-theatre-en","area_type-local","event_language-english","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1301678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1301678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1301678"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1301678"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1301678"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1301678"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1301678"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1301678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}