A fresh new stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice opens at Salisbury Playhouse tomorrow prior to a UK Tour.
This inventive adaptation sees two actors juggle the full gamut of Austen’s well-loved characters. They journey from the Meryton Assembly to the grounds of Pemberley and take Darcy and Lizzy from instant dislike to something altogether more different in just two hours. Every word that is spoken is Austen’s.
The show premiered at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, in 2013, celebrating 200 years since the nation’s favourite novel was published.
In this imaginative and loving adaptation by Joannah Tincey the actors bring to life Austen’s words with great skill and agility. Joannah Tincey says “I wanted to create an adaptation where the characters talk to the audience in the same way that Austen talks to her reader. By addressing the audience directly and allowing the characters to speak for themselves we are bringing Jane Austen’s unique and witty writing style to life in a truly theatrical context.”
Pride and Prejudice runs in The Salberg at Salisbury Playhouse until Saturday. For tickets or further information contact the box office on 01722 320333 or visit www.salisburyplayhouse.
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