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Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Leeds Playhouse/Touring
Jane Austen goes pop in raucous rendition of one of her greatest hits
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production whose design and cartoonish acting overwhelms the close scrutiny of characters
SUSAN DARLINGTON enjoys the raucous familiarity of a traditional topsy-turvy pantomime
RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today
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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