{"id":3003,"date":"2026-01-06T09:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/?page_id=3003"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:12:36","slug":"persuasion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/?page_id=3003","title":{"rendered":"Persuasion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Austenmania swept the country on her anniversary and DD staged one of her best-loved plays this autumn.<br>Persuasion is the story of Anne Elliot\u2019s undimming love for naval officer Wentworth. She was persuaded to give him up eight years ago when he was a penniless naval officer, but how he\u2019s back, a gilded war hero and all the other girls want a piece of him.<br>Can Anne\u2019s love endure and be fulfilled?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adaptedby Jo Bradley and directed by Fran Sansom and Monica Hunt, this minimalist production sold out at Dorchester Arts in November 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczMqa8eedK4Ravz-xQ9M8RJ2ftkddwtuZUl8iwBb4BIX_EqYoYCeayuAbBeCRfgpRETUQOG--O9B4lq5E5wMER4hkmCwPi4Ql3BeEyPDDgGMIQma4pw=w1920-h1080\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austenmania swept the country on her anniversary and DD staged one of her best-loved plays this autumn.Persuasion is the story of Anne Elliot\u2019s undimming love for naval officer Wentworth. She was persuaded to give him up eight years ago when he was a penniless naval officer, but how he\u2019s back, a gilded war hero and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/?page_id=3003\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Persuasion<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2972,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3003","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5MaE2-Mr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3004,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3003\/revisions\/3004"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dorchesterdrama.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}