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Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
Off-Broadway
Highlights
120 mins18th CenturyReduced Casting (Doubling Possible)Flexible Cast SizeRoom for ExtrasStrong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod CostumesBritishAdaptationHistoricalComedy
Awards & Recognition
Drama League Award
Winner! Top 10 Plays of 2014 – The New York Times Winner! Top 10 Plays of 2014 – Huffington Post Winner! 2014 and 2016 New York Times Critic’s Pick Winner! Wall Street Journal Playwright of the Year, 2017 Winner! Off-Broadway Alliance Awards for Best Revival and Best Unique Theatrical Experience Nominee: 2016 Drama League Award for Best Revival
What readers are saying
Readers are generally thrilled with this lively adaptation of Jane Austen's classic, praising its energetic performances and clever use of a Greek chorus. Many appreciate how well it captures the essence of the novel in a condensed format, making it both entertaining and innovative. Some note a few shortcomings in character portrayal and pacing, but overall, the response is overwhelmingly positive.
Energetic and lively adaptationClever use of a Greek chorusCaptures the essence of the novelInventive and fresh retellingCharacter portrayals can be disappointing
Synopsis
From the classic Austen novel, Elinor and Marianne are thrust into poverty by their brother's scheming and manipulative wife, their prospects for marriage nea
Press Reviews
"One of the best things I’ve ever seen onstage."
— Ira Glass
"As adapted for the stage by Kate Hamill and directed by Eric Tucker, Sense and Sensibility might be described as Jane Austen for those who don’t usually like Jane Austen, finding her work too reserved for lively entertainment. Yet I would imagine that even fanatical Janeites, as her most devoted admirers are known, will not take offense, once they get used to this production’s audaciously high energy level."
— The New York Times
"Ms. Hamill’s scene of Fanny Dashwood going manic and pummeling Lucy Steele when she discovers that the young woman is engaged to her brother Edward was not only fun to watch, but quite original (and much too short). Opinion: If this production of Sense and Sensibility comes to a theatre near you, I am certain you will like it immensely."
— Jane Austen’s World
Characters
| Character |
|---|
ELINOR DASHWOOD The eldest Dashwood sister; sensible |
MARIANNE DASHWOOD The middle Dashwood sister; sensitive |
MARGARET DASHWOOD The youngest Dashwood sister; 10-13 years old |
MRS. DASHWOOD Mother to the Dashwood sisters |
JOHN DASHWOOD Half-brother to the Dashwood sisters (from their father’s side; no blood relation to Mrs. Dashwood) |
EDWARD FERRARS A gentleman; a bachelor |
FANNY (FERRARS) DASHWOOD Wife to John Dashwood and sister to Edward; nasty |
COLONEL BRANDON An older bachelor; over 45 years old |
JOHN WILLOUGHBY An unusually handsome young man |
SIR JOHN MIDDLETON A country gentleman; distant relation to Mrs. Dashwood |
MRS. JENNINGS A good-natured, boisterous woman; mother-in-law to Sir John and a terror to the countryside |
LADY MIDDLETON An over-bred lady |
LUCY STEELE A young girl from no fortune |
ANNE STEELE Lucy’s sister; indiscreet |
ROBERT FERRARS A callow young man; Edward Ferrars’ younger brother |
GOSSIPS 1-5 A chorus of high-society creatures |
SERVANTS , including |
THOMAS |
DOCTOR |
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Publication
PublisherDramatic Publishing
Year2001
BindingPaperback
Pages76
PlaceLondon
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573019265
ISBN-100573019266
LCCN2006468731
LCCMLCS 2006/40999 (P)
DCC822.914
Sense and Sensibility is a British adaptation play written by Jane Austen and published by Dramatic Publishing in London (2001).
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Samuel French · 2001 · 76 pp
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