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The manuscript came with him to Britain after he won the playscript competition for Rain.

The novel, about a 19th Century village terrorised by a winged creature, also beat the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playscript to the prize.

On paper, that dialogue reads like a playscript, and while it’s fairly short on plot, “Absolutely on Music” is packed with insights likely to enthrall music lovers.

“Take the existential leap. Rewrite the sad grim grieving playscript of death in the usual manner.”

Jennifer Sue Johnson, who has starred in Book-It's "Pride and Prejudice" and crafted the playscript of "Sense and Sensibility," says local actors take delight in performing Austen's work.