Austen in the Round Is Worthy -- 'Pride and Prejudice' Grows Full of Heart in Intimate Staging

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"Pride and Prejudice," the classic romance by Jane Austen, is an unlikely title for an intimate theater-in-the-round production, if only because the scrimshaw language, decorous manners and sumptuous lifestyles presume a more grandiose setting - something more reserved and, I daresay, stuffy.

Yet director John Rone has masterfully staged an engaging jewelbox of a production on the Theatre Memphis Next Stage, employing minimal set pieces and a cast that brings warm gentility to the fusty script.

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Austen in the Round Is Worthy -- 'Pride and Prejudice' Grows Full of Heart in Intimate Staging

Playwright Jon Jory doesn't skimp in his three-hour adaptation of Austen's novel. The discursive plot is all there, though cleverly told from diff...

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