ANDY HEDGECOCK is entertained by a playful novel that embeds a fictional game at its heart
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BELOW-STAIRS maids never get placed centre stage, even though there can be no romance without clean sheets and that’s the premise of Glasgow-based Blood of the Young’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
HAVING FUN: The cast of Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) (Pic: Mihaela Bodlovic)
It’s a slightly misleading framing of Isobel McArthur’s update of Jane Austen’s novel, which only gives superficial attention to the servants. Yet, directed by Paul Brotherston, it’s nonetheless a delightfully raucous production that swaps the book’s ironic politeness for direct, expletive-rich humour.
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