The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in close collaboration with partners of the original production, Tron Theatre and Blood of the Young present the critically-acclaimed, sell-out remount of Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of).
Playing multiple characters in this rip-roaring and irreverent all-female adaptation, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) brings together an exceptional cast, including: Tori Burgess (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), Felixe Forde (The Afflicted, groupwork), Christina Gordon (Glory on Earth, The Lyceum), Hannah Jarrett-Scott (Glory on Earth, The Lyceum), Isobel McArthur (Wendy and Peter Pan, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Lyceum), and Meghan Tyler (A Streetcar Named Desire, Lyric Theatre Belfast).
Having first opened at Tron Theatre to an overwhelming audience response in Summer 2018, the remounted production has since toured to UK venues over Autumn 2019 and been announced as one of Broadway World’s best shows of the decade, with the production described as: “The finest example of women reclaiming a narrative in recent years. This company should stage all adaptations from here on in.”
Six young women have a story to tell. You might have seen them, emptying the chamber pots and sweeping ash from the grate; the overlooked and the undervalued making sure those above stairs find their happy ending. Of course, they’ve always been running the show – after all ‘You can’t have a whirlwind romance without clean bedding’ – but tonight, the servants are also playing every part.
Speaking of the production, Writer-Performer, Isobel McArthur, said:
I think Jane Austen has a particular genius for identifying The Ridiculous in her fellow human being. As she writes, she so skilfully and wittily entertains us with her exquisite rendering of flawed, complex and funny characters – who feel so real we’re sure they’re based on our own friends and family members – all the while quietly highlighting the unfairness and absurdity of the world she was living in.