Pride and Prejudice on stage in Dallas; we dare say not really Victorian
Alert Janeite Lisa was alarmed by this article in the Dallas Star-Telegram announcing the Dallas Theater Center’s stage version of Pride and Prejudice, which begins previews on Wednesday and runs through September 23.
Why is everything so Austen-tacious all of a sudden, what with the movie Becoming Jane and the forthcoming The Jane Austen Book Club? Join in the Victorian fun as the Dallas Theater Center opens its 2007-08 season with Catherine Sheehy’s adaptation of what is arguably Austen’s best-known work, Pride and Prejudice. Stan Wojewodski Jr. directs.
Victorian. Victorian. We shall retire to Bedlam. We hope that some kind Dallas-area Janeite will see the play and report back to AustenBlog before we do!
August 27th, 2007 at 9:00 am
I wish some journalists would - for a change - bother to know or find out, if what they write is remotely accurate.
August 30th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Too many people call Austen “Victorian”. It seems to be the ::only:: Era people know. I think they just like throwing the word around. Like it will make them sound smart.
September 12th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Actually, it’s either the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, or The Dallas Morning News.
And woe to ye who attend this adaptation of P&P. Check out Elaine Liner’s review in the Dallas Observer for a true take on things at http://www.dallasobserver.com