Pride and Prejudice on stage in Dallas, Texas
The Garland Civic Theatre of Dallas, Texas, is staging a new adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE now through February 17, 2007.
Pride and Prejudice belongs to the romantic-comedy genre and is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels. It is a story of first impressions and vanity, of truth and falsehoods, of re-evaluations, love and, of course, of unyielding pride and blinding prejudice, told with a wry, incisive humor. Lissa Creola, who graduated from Southern Methodist University, adapted the work the stage. Its premier production was by Bucket Productions at the Bath House Cultural Center in February of 2001. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reviewer said, “Bucket Productions’ theatrical adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ . . . unfolds like a good episode of Masterpiece Theatre. . . . Lissa Creola has done a masterful job of wrestling the sprawling, wordy novel into a compact theatrical package.” The reviewer from The Dallas Morning News related, “There’s a good reason Jane Austen is so popular on movie screens: great dialogue. That same quality makes Lissa Creola’s stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice delicious. …The lean, efficient script crackled pleasantly at Thursday’s opening. Ms. Creola has taken on a difficult assignment and triumphed in the same modest but undeniable way as her heroines.”
Performances are held at the Granville Arts Center. Tickets are $16-20 and are available online. AustenBlog would love a review from a reader who gets to see this production.
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I’ll make a point to go see it. *wonders who I can drag with me*