Another Emma

 

An illustration from a late 19th century edition of Emma. Emma & Knightley walking.

 

The BBC is putting together another version of Emma . It will be a four part series. I do hope they get a wonderful Miss Bates. The Miss Bates (Sophie Thompson) in the Gweneth Paltrow version was my absolute favorite!. Did you know Sophie Thompson is Emma Thompson’s sister and Mrs. Bates was played by Emma Thompson’s mother Phyllida Law? An interesting bit of trivia.  I often do a fabulous immitation of Miss Bates to entertain people at work.

 

Phyllida Law and Sophie Thompson as Mrs. and Miss Bates