A stage adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, this drama follows Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy as pride, prejudice and social expectations complicate their courtship. Its lively dialogue and familiar characters make it an engaging way to revisit Austen's witty world of manners and marriage.
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Opening of the book
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE A PLAY "Mr. Darcy, I have never desired your good opinion, and you have certainly bestowed it most unwillingly." "Mr. Darcy, I have never desired your good opinion, and you have certainly bestowed it most unwillingly." PRIDE AND PREJUDICE A PLAY FOUNDED ON JANE AUSTEN'S NOVEL BY MRS. STEELE MACKAYE colophon NEW YORK DUFFIELD AND COMPANY 1906
Copyright, 1906, by DUFFIELD & COMPANY. Published September, 1906. ——— SPECIAL COPYRIGHT NOTICE. This play is fully protected by copyright, all requirements of the law having been complied with. Performances may be given only with the written permission of Duffield & Company, agents for Mrs. Steele Mackaye, owner of the acting rights. Extract from the law relating to copyright: "Sec. 4996. Any person publicly performing or representing any dramatic or musical composition for which a copyright has been obtained, without the consent of the proprietor of said dramatic or musical composition or his heirs or assigns, shall be liable for damages therefor, such damages in all cases to be assessed at such sum not less than one hundred dollars for the first and fifty dollars for every subsequent performance as to the Court shall appear just. If the unlawful performance and representation be wilful and not for profit, such person or persons shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be imprisoned for a period not exceeding one year." PERSONS OF THE PLAY MR. DARCY—(of Pemberley, Derbyshire). "Possessed of a fine tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and ... ten thousand a year ... clever ... haughty, reserved and fastidious; his manners, though well-bred, were not inviting. 'Some people call him proud,' said Mrs. Reynolds, the housekeeper at Pemberley, 'but I am sure I never saw anything of it.... He is the best landlord and the best master that ever lived.'"
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