P&P Productions in Edmonton and Louisville
We’ve blogged about these before, so as reminder and follow-up, there are two productions of Pride and Prejudice being staged right now: one in Edmonton and the other in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Edmonton production at the Citadel Theatre is a new adaptation that gets a very good review from the Edmonton Journal.
It’s the spirit that dunks us, without dreary exposition, smack into the whirling marriage marketplace that’s the English countryside of the 1790s — and, particularly, into the volatile five-daughter household where matchmaking is not just Mrs. Bennet’s hobby but her vocation, her obsession, her maternal raison d’etre. Whirling? The show literally revolves before anyone says a word in Bob Baker’s production, designed and dressed in glorious and lavish period detail by Leslie Frankish and lit, like gorgeous varnished oil paintings, by Bretta Gerecke.
The Times Colonist has an article about the young actress playing Elizabeth. The play runs through October 12.
Jon Jory is directing his own (much-produced of late) adaptation of P&P at Actors Theatre of Louisville, which opens September 30 and runs through November 2. The Courier-Journal has a short article about the production.
September 28th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I went to the Citadel last night. The theatre was a sell out and the show was very enjoyable. The adaptation uses much of Jane’s own dialogue and was very enjoyable (although I did wish there had been a second intermission for my very tiny bladder!).
I urge everyone to rush out and see it at once.
October 5th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
My daughter and I saw Jon Jory’s production of “Pride and Prejudice” on Friday night. We both loved it and I say if you get a chance to see it do go. It brings out so much of Jane Austen’s humor and much of what is said has been taken directly from the book. The actors do a fine job especially “Elizabeth” and “Mr. Darcy”. The fun and the romance are all there. Agnes