Talents Needed for 'Pride & Prejudice' Adaptation
Funny adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, English accents needed for professional theater in Annapolis, MD. Surrounded by four sisters, a dithering but determined matchmaking mother, and a beloved, long-suffering father, Elizabeth Bennet is one of literature’s most cherished heroines. In her iconic journey toward love, she learns the pitfalls of hasty judgment and discovers the difference between superficial and genuine goodness. The sharp wit and irresistible romance of Jane Austen’s masterwork have won generations of fans—now it comes to Compass Rose Theater in a lively new adaptation by Emma Whipday.
11 roles
JANE BENNET (22) is beautiful and warm-hearted. She has a gentle manner, which can hide the strength of her feelings.
LIZZIE BENNET (20) is witty, vivacious, and determined, and possessed of a pair of ‘fine eyes’. She loves fiercely, and sometimes judges harshly.
MR BINGLEY (22) is handsome, charming, and exuberant. He can be led astray by stronger personalities, but he has a loving heart.
MR DARCY (28) is attractive, intelligent, loyal, principled, and proud. He is withdrawn and introverted in company, but with his intimates he is playful, witty, and warm.
LYDIA BENNET (15) is flirtatious, high-spirited, pleasure-seeking, and somewhat spoiled. She likes to be the center of attention. CHARLOTTE LUCAS (27) is intelligent, sensible, a loyal and affectionate daughter and friend, and pragmatic in her approach to love.
KITTY BENNET (17) is girlish, excitable, and easily led. She follows the lead of her younger, more confident sister, LYDIA. MISS BINGLEY (c.mid-20s) is accomplished, elegant, and conceited. She is charming to those she considers equals; haughty to everyone else.
MARY BENNET (c.18) is bookish, opinionated, and inclined to be judgmental. As the middle daughter, her intelligence is often overlooked. MRS GARDINER (c.30) is intelligent, perceptive, and sensible. She is also warmly loving.
MRS BENNET (mid-40s) is a loving mother; she is also sometimes overbearing, often anxious, and frequently silly. LADY CATHERINE DE BOURGH (c.40s) is always in the right. She is keen to solve other people’s problems – and is accustomed to deference and respect.
MR BENNET (mid-40s) is intelligent, dryly humorous, and inclined to be lazy. He loves his family, but often hides from them. SIR WILLIAM LUCAS (c.50s) is friendly, hospitable, chatty, and proud of his knighthood.
MR WICKHAM (mid-20s) is a cad: smooth-talking, sexy, deceitful, and entirely selfish. He enjoys using his charm to manipulate.
MR COLLINS (25) is talkative, self-important, snobbish, and not quite as clever as he imagines. He tries to do the right thing, but often gets in his own way.
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