By Jane Austen
In an adaptation by Simon Reade
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
As the Bennet sisters haplessly search for love in Jane Austen’s ultimate romantic comedy, it is Mr Darcy who unwittingly finds his match.
Following sell-out performances at Regent’s Park Theatre, and featuring Olivier Award-winner Matthew Kelly (Of Mice and Men, Educating Rita, Waiting for Godot) and Felicity Montagu (Alan Partridge, Bridget Jones’s Diary, The Durrells) as Mr and Mrs Bennet, Pride and Prejudice toured the UK from September until February 2017. Celebrating the legacy of Jane Austen in her bicentennial year, this is Austen “still dazzling after 200 years” (Observer).
Running Time: Act 1: 1hr 20mins Interval: 20 mins Act 2: 1hr
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Show all reviewsThe Times
"The MAGNIFICENT Felicity Montagu rules the stage as an anxiously energised Mrs Bennet."
Daily Express
“ELEGANT, AMUSING and HEARTFELT...
the cast is immaculate from Tafline Steen as Elizabeth Bennet to Benjamin Dilloway as a perfect Mr Darcy.
Whether you’re a Jane Austen fan or not,
THIS IS A REAL TREAT.”
the cast is immaculate from Tafline Steen as Elizabeth Bennet to Benjamin Dilloway as a perfect Mr Darcy.
Whether you’re a Jane Austen fan or not,
THIS IS A REAL TREAT.”
Daily Mail
“A PERFECT PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: skittish, comical, easy on the eye and moving”
Mail on Sunday
“Deborah Bruce’s charming production blows fresh air into Austen’s wonderful comedy”
Observer
In “Simon Reade’s SPARKLING new stage version…it’s Austen, still DAZZLING after 200 years”
Evening Standard
“Deborah Bruce’s production has such CHARM and ELEGANCE”
Metro
“Simon Reade’s adaptation discharges a quiverful of Austen’s most astringent observations and sketches in the essential contours of the smoulderingly rational central love story with sufficient clarity and grace to put a slightly goofy smile on even the severest spectator’s face”
CREATIVE TEAM
- Hannah Banister – Resident Director
- Deborah Bruce – Director
- Lillian Henley – Composer
- Barbara Houseman – Season Associate Director (Voice & Text)
- Max Jones – Set Designer
- Tina MacHugh – Lighting Designer
- Matt McKenzie for Autograph – Sound Designer
- Tom Piper – Costume Designer
- Siân Williams – Movement Director
CAST
- Daniel Abbott – Mr Wickham
- Francesca Bailey – Miss Charlotte Lucas
- Anna Crichlow – Miss Kitty Bennet / Miss Georgiana Darcy
- Benjamin Dilloway – Mr Darcy
- Hollie Edwin – Miss Jane Bennet
- Doña Croll – Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Mari Izzard – Miss Lydia Bennet
- Matthew Kelly – Mr Bennet
- Steven Meo – Mr Collins
- Jordan Mifsúd – Mr Bingley
- Charlotte Palmer – Mrs Gardiner
- Leigh Quinn – Miss Mary Bennet / Miss Annabel de Bourgh
- Mark Rawlings – Sir William Lucas / Mr Reynolds
- Kirsty Rider – Miss Caroline Bingley
- Tafline Steen – Miss Elizabeth Bennet
- Geoff Arnold – Ensemble / Understudy
- Jessica D'Arcy – Walking Understudy
- Rose D'Aulbey – Walking Understudy
- Ally Manson – Ensemble / Understudy
