Mon 8 - Sat 13 Feb

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Venue: The Auditorium

Susan Hampshire, Carolyn Pickles and Peter Ellis star in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Based on the novel by Jane Austen Adapted for the stage by Simon Reade
Directed by Toby Frow

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife…”

The ultimate romantic comedy, Jane Austen’s story of the five Bennet sisters and their relentless pursuit of suitable husbands is one of the best-loved novels ever written, constantly topping the polls of favourite books.

When feisty Elizabeth Bennet first meets handsome bachelor Mr Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited. When she later discovers that he has
scuppered the relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, the family’s lives are turned upside down as Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and pokes gentle fun at the affectations and etiquette of provincial middle-class life.

Susan Hampshire plays the foolish and marriage obsessed Mrs Bennet, one of Jane Austen’s most delightfully ridiculous comic creations. Susan
Hampshire is one of the UK’s most popular actresses. Her theatre credits include The King and I, The Circle, Relative Values and The Lady in the
Van. Her work on television includes, most recently, Monarch of the Glen as well as The Forsyte Saga, Vanity Fair, The First Churchills, The Pallisers and The Barchester Chronicles.

Running Time

2 hours and 30 minutes including an interval of 20 mins

A Theatre Severn Promotion

Ticket prices and Booking Information

Performance
7.30pm
2.30pm Wednesday & Saturday Matinee

Tickets
Fri & Sat Evening £28
Mid-week Evening & Sat Mat £26
Wed Matinee £22
Concessions
Fri & Sat Evening £26.50
Mid-week Evening & Sat Mat £24.50
Wed Matinee £20.50

Friends of Theatre Severn discount applies