Lizzy, Darcy & Jane
- Full Length Play, Drama
- 5M, 7F
- ISBN: 9780573112331
Jane Austen pits her wit and will against her greatest adversary and ally - Elizabeth Bennet.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
Jane Austen pits her wit and will against her greatest adversary and ally - Elizabeth Bennet. Heady with her first taste of love, Jane aged 20 creates Elizabeth with Mr Darcy taking on the role of her arch enemy and reluctant admirer. But when her actual romance sours, she sentences Elizabeth to marry the odious Mr Collins and herself to an equally disastrous marriage. The fates of the author, the novel and its heroine are at stake. Elizabeth Bennet must take action.
Premiere Production:
Lizzy, Darcy and Jane was developed and was first produced by JaMaM Productions with funding from Arts Council England under the working title Jane Austen Makes a Match, 16 September - 04 November 2006.
Characters
- Casting: 5M, 7F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)
- Casting Notes: Multiple roles may be played by certain actors to highlight the connections between Jane Austen's life and fiction.
MR BINGLEY - 25
MR DARCY - 27 in Act I, 34 and then 27 in Act II
ELIZABEHT BENNET - 20 in Act I, 26 and then 20 in Act II
HARRIS BIGG-WITHER - 15 in Act I and 21 in Act II
TOM LEFROY - 20
MRS AUSTEN - 40
MADAME LEFROY - Tom's aunt, 50
MR COLLINS - 25
LADY CATHERINE DE BOURGH - Mr Darcy's aunt, 50
ALETHEA BIGG-WITHER - Harris's sister, 35
CASSANDRA AUSTEN - Jane's sister, 28
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Jane Austen pits her wit and will against her greatest adversary and ally - Elizabeth Bennet. Heady with her first taste of love, Jane aged 20 creates Elizabeth with Mr Darcy taking on the role of her arch enemy and reluctant admirer. But when her actual romance sours, she sentences Elizabeth to marry the odious Mr Collins and herself to an equally disastrous marriage. The fates of the author, the novel and its heroine are at stake. Elizabeth Bennet must take action. |
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