Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice, with all its opulence and grandiosity, is not an obvious choice for the rawness of open-air theatre, so the Chapterhouse Theatre Company is to be commended for tackling this Jane Austen classic.
The young cast of nine play the 22 characters well, without fussing too much over making each character so distinctly different. Particular credit goes to Tim Metcalfe-Wood for his delightful Mr Collins.
There is more comedy here than in the original novel and it is used as a successful device by director Rebecca Gadsby to dramatise what is a very wordy and sometimes stilted story.
Kate Elizabeth Ambrose’s shrieks of “Mr Darcy” become a catchphrase, the combination of dancing and dialogue and the neat touches from Matt Rothwell as the thieving Footman, help lift the pomp and ceremony of the period, making this an entertaining performance.
Hannah Lee is the perfect choice to head up the Bennet sisters, with convincing performances from Helen Jenkinson, Jennifer Burraston and Rhia Coles as Jane, Mary and Lydia.
Edwin Wright is suitably stern as Mr Darcy and James DuBois makes for a dashing Mr Wickham.
The multitude of letters read out at times become a little tedious and the volume is inconsistent but this confident company should be commended for their enthusiastic production, one of five they are touring this summer.
Production information
- By:
- Jane Austen, adapted by Laura Turner
- Management:
- Chapterhouse Theatre Company
- Website:
- www.chapterhouse.org
Production information can change over the run of the show.
Run sheet
- Leeds Castle Maidstone
- June 10-11, 13 2010
- Museum Gardens York
- June 17 2010
- Wentworth Castle Barnsley
- June 18 2010
- Thorp Perrow Gardens Bedale
- June 19 2010
- Belsay Hall and Gardens Ponteland
- June 20 2010
- Donington Le Heath Manor House Leicester
- June 24 2010
- Festival Theatre at Hever Castle Edenbridge
- June 25 2010
- Strode Park Herne Bay
- June 26 2010
- Pennyhill Park Bagshot
- June 27 2010
- Picton Castle Haverfordwest
- June 30 2010
- Aberglasney Gardens Llangathen
- July 2 2010
- Park House King's Lynn
- July 4 2010
- Danson House Bexleyheath
- July 8 2010
- Festival Theatre at Hever Castle Edenbridge
- July 9 2010
- Woburn Abbey Milton Keynes
- July 10 2010
- Belsay Hall and Gardens Ponteland
- July 20 2010
- Theatre at the Mill Newtonabbey
- July 22 2010
- Neeld Hall Chippenham
- July 29 2010
- Erddig Wrexham
- July 30 2010
- Bishop's Palace Wells
- August 6 2010
- Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses Birmingham
- August 8 2010
- Castle Kennedy Dumfries
- August 10 2010
- Gala Durham
- August 11 2010
- Culzean Castle Maybole
- August 12 2010
- Hopetoun House Edinburgh
- August 13 2010
- Fountains Abbey Ripon
- August 14 2010
- Holker Hall Grange-over-Sands
- August 15 2010
- Gregynog Hall, University of Wales Newtown
- August 18 2010
- Hampton Court Leominster
- August 19 2010
- Lytes Cary Manor Somerton
- August 22 2010
- Salstram House Plymouth
- August 25 2010
- Tapeley Park Bideford
- August 26 2010
- Athelhampton House and Gardens Dorchester
- August 27 2010
- Gilbert White's House and The Oates Museum Selbourne
- August 29 2010
- Michelham Priory Hailsham
- August 30 2010
- Drill Hall Lincoln
- September 3 2010
- Grand Lancaster
- September 4 2010
- Castle Alnwick
- September 5 2010
- Trinity Arts Centre Gainsborough
- November 20 2010
- Leatherhead Theatre Leatherhead
- January 12 2011
- Connaught Worthing
- January 13-15 2011
- Arts Centre Swindon
- January 16 2011
- Opera House Buxton
- January 18 2011
- Corn Exchange Stamford
- January 20 2011
- Wyllyotts Potters Bar
- January 21 2011
- Rhodes Arts Complex Bishop's Stortford
- January 22 2011
- Kenton Henley-on-Thames
- January 23 2011
- Customs House South Shields
- January 26-29 2011
- Byre St Andrews
- February 1, 1 2011
- Buccleuch Centre Langholm
- February 2 2011
- Playhouse Alnwick
- February 3 2011
- Empire Consett
- February 4 2011
- Lamproom Barnsley
- February 5 2011
- Grove Dunstable
- February 8 2011
- Mill Arts Centre Banbury
- February 9 2011
- Arts Centre Radlett
- February 10 2011
- Landmark Ilfracombe
- February 13 2011
- Arts Centre Darlington
- February 16 2011
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