Keira Knightley: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE to be set in 1796
A fascinating tidbit from the leading lady herself , courtesy of Empire Online:
Keira herself paused to tell us a tiny tidbit about the upcoming version of Pride and Prejudice that she will be appearing in. “We’re setting it when it was written, which is actually 1796 so slightly earlier than I think anyone else has ever set it. It’s a beautiful story and I hope we’ll tell it beautifully.” That shouldn’t be too much of a problem with Ms Knightley in the lead role.
July 20th, 2004 at 12:29 am
Pride and Prejudice ad infinitum
We all know the quirky AUSTEN-L numbering system for adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels, in which the 1980ish BBC version of P&P is P&P1, the 1995 miniseries with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle is P&P2, and the 1940 Greer Garson/Laurence Olivier versi…