“ Purists beware: this is not the “Persuasion” of Jane Austen, bearing little more than a passing resemblance to her early 19th century classic of love lost through ill-advised exhortation. What it is, however, is a fascinating, updated rethinking of the story, set in a dystopian future where the mores are similar – if grungier – but the stakes are much higher than who’s going to be invited to a card game in Lady Dalrymple’s drawing room. An edgy, dark, and risk-taking work that stands on its own two less-than-silk-slipper-shod feet, and one I would love to see staged. ”