From her family recollections of Twelfth Night revels to observations of Yuletide from correspondents of the day – discover Christmas as Jane Austen knew it.
On arrival, enjoy a festive mince pie and sparkling wine in the ground-floor rooms of our exhibition-house, Fairhall. This special festive afternoon continues with a costumed lecture with Lise Rodgers in the Kent Room, where she will share insights into Christmas traditions in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Lise Rodgers is an accomplished Melbourne actress whose career has spanned stage, screen and radio.