Pride & Prejudice @ Templewood: celebrating 250 years
of Jane Austen
Norfolk architectural gem hosts charity performance of Jane Austen classic
2025 is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s
birth and Norfolk will get the chance to celebrate in style when Templewood,
near Cromer, hosts a charity performance of Pride & Prejudice.
The dramatised readings, which start at 3pm on Sunday 27th
July, will feature actors performing two 45 minute acts based on key parts of
the novel. Visitors will be treated to a
cream tea during the interval. There
will also be period appropriate live music.
Templewood is privately owned and is one of Norfolk’s
architectural gems. Built in the
Palladian style in the 1930s as a shooting lodge, it incorporates parts of the
old Bank of England. This is a rare chance
to visit the house and the beautiful parkland it sits in.
The event is being hosted by Templewood’s owners, Eddie and
Tina Anderson, and all proceeds will go to Hospice Ethiopia UK, the charity
based in North Norfolk. “We are so
grateful to Eddie and Tina for letting us use their wonderful home,” says Sue
Mumford, chair of Hospice Ethiopia. “These
fund raisers are an essential part of our work to support the hospice in Addis
Ababa, which not only looks after hundreds of desperate patients, but is also a
centre of excellence, training medics in palliative care.”
This is Hospice Ethiopia UK’s third Jane Austen performance,
the previous two (at Little Barningham Hall in 2023 and Cromer Hall in 2024)
were sell-outs and hugely popular. “We’re very excited to be able to put on our
third Jane Austen event,” says Sue. “If
it’s anything like the previous two it will be a wonderful afternoon!”
Tickets
cost £25.00 each, which includes the cream tea and there will be a themed
raffle. Tickets are available from Sue
Mumford, email info@hospiceethiopia.org.uk or ring 01263 768699.
For more information on Hospice Ethiopia visit hospiceethiopia.org.uk.
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Jun-25
More information:
Tim Morgan, The
Publicity Works – tim@publicityworks.biz / 01263 761000 / 07947 280137
Sue Mumford, Hospice
Ethiopia UK – info@hospiceethiopia.org.uk / 01263 768699
Editor’s Notes:
Ethiopia has an estimated population of more than 120
million, but only one hospice. Many thousands of people there have
incurable diseases. They are dying in distress, often in severe pain, with
nowhere to turn and their only hope is Hospice Ethiopia. Hospice Ethiopia
provides free drugs, so that the dying have relief from pain, and medical care
to alleviate their worst symptoms. It gives support, so that patients can care
for themselves and, in many cases, their children. Even more important, Hospice
Ethiopia is training doctors, nurses and other medics about palliative care –
care for the dying – so that they can help the thousands more who need it,
across Ethiopia and in other African countries.
Hospice Ethiopia has no government funding, relying wholly
on donations. Hospice Ethiopia UK was set up to help raise the funds it needs –
around £70,000 per year. 100% of the money raised in the UK goes directly to
Hospice Ethiopia, so every penny makes a real difference.