Play Scripts and Musicals - Pride And Prejudice

Pride And Prejudice

by :

Bernard J Taylor

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"... a feast of lovely melodies, wedded to excellent lyrics."

"... if ever a show deserved a production on the strength of its score
... this is it."

"Pride And Prejudice boasts a plethora of glorious melodies. He has captured the mood of Jane Austen's book and the period in which it is set. The ravishing ballads that are Taylor's trademark are plentiful."

Masquerade Magazine, 1995

The story told in Pride And Prejudice of the Bennet family, centred as it is on the relationship between the proud aristocrat Fitzwilliam Darcy and the high-spirited Elizabeth Bennet, is one of the most enduringly popular novels of all time and has had a far-reaching influence on all romantic fiction right up to the present day.

Jane Austen described Elizabeth Bennett as "quite the most delightful creature as ever appeared in print". Tens of millions agree, and it is the closest the author came to true romantic comedy. The determination of the bright and sparkilng Elizabeth to dislike Mr Darcy is matched only by his arrogant pride.

Five daughters from Pride And Prejudice, the musical The musical has eleven fantastic roles for women (most with solos), from the dim Mrs Bennett, to her five daughters, to the formidable Lady Catherine de Bourgh and the bitchy Caroline Bingley. For the men, the six principal roles include the complex and challenging part of Mr Darcy, and a classic part for a comic actor in Mr Collins.

Bernard J Taylor's musical follows the plot and characterisation closely enough to suit those who can quote every line of Jane Austen's book, while telling the story plainly enough to entertain the few who don't know it. A show with 32 songs and a number of prominent roles for old and young, that also has plenty of chorus work. It has been staged numerous times with great success for the companies concerned.

Principals (5m, 10f)

Mr Bennett - 40-50, amiable, gentle and eccentric man, but unhappily married

Mrs Bennett - 40-50, querulous, excitable and ill-bred, desperate to marry off her daughters

Elizabeth - 20, intelligent, bold and mildly attractive

Jane - 22, the eldest daughter, considered to be the most beautiful, reserved manner, pleasant to all

Kitty - older than Lydia but defers to her, fourth daughter

Lydia - 15, flirtatious, naive, headstrong and reckless, the youngest daughter

Mary - pretentious third Bennet daughter, who prefers reading over socializing

Fitzwilliam Darcy - 28, intelligent, wealthy, extremely handsome and reserved

Mr Collins - 25, pompous, narrow-minded sycophant

Bingley - outgoing, extremely good-natured, and wealthy

Caroline Bingley - Bingley’s shallow and haughty sister, befriends Jane then snubs her

Wickham - dashing, charming and handsome young soldier

Lady Catherine de Bourgh - Mr. Darcy's aunt and Mr. Collins' patron, inconsistent and arrogant

Charlotte Lucas - 27, sensible, intelligent, but marries for money and security (non-singing)

Housekeeper (f)

Support (3m, 5f plus chorus)

Servants 1, 2 & 3 - female

Isabella - Lydia's friend (non-singing)

Colonel Foster (non-singing, non-speaking)

Charles Bennett - Mr Bennett's brother (non-singing)

Anne de Bourgh - Lady Catherine’s sickly, bland daughter (non-singing, non-speaking)

Footman (non-singing)

Soldiers

Chorus


Click on a title to hear a Windows Media clip. All tracks are studio recordings taken from the concept album.

1) Prologue	Chorus
2) See Him Today	Mrs Bennett, Kitty, Mary, Lydia & Mr Bennett
3) Five Daughters	Mrs Bennett
4) At The Ball Tonight	Jane, Lydia, Elizabeth, Mary, Servants 1, 2 & 3, Chorus
5) Assembly Waltz	Chorus
6) Being Here With You	Jane & Bingley
7) A Man Who’s Proud And Vain	Elizabeth
8) The Guns Of War	Soldiers, Lydia & Elizabeth
9) No Designs On Love	Jane
10) I Long To Know You	Wickham
11) Isn't It Strange	Darcy
12) They're All So Common	Caroline Bingley
13) Through The Eyes OF A Child	Darcy
14) A Woman Who Knows Her Place	Collins
15) An Offer I Must Refuse	Collins & Elizabeth
16) I Will Remember Him That Way	Jane
~~ Interval ~~
17) What An Hour In Church Will Do	Chorus
18) How I Miss Her	Mr Bennett
19) Good Breeding	Lady de Bourgh
20) I Long To Know You (Reprise)	Wickham
21) Don't Ask Me Why	Darcy
22) Should I Be Flattered?	Elizabeth & Darcy
23) Have I Been Wrong	Elizabeth
24) The Soldiers Farewell	Soldiers & Girls
25) Mr Darcy	Housekeeper & Chorus
26) Thank God They're Married	Lydia, Wickham, Mrs Bennett & Mary
27) Since We Said Goodbye	Bingley & Jane
28) My Dear Miss Bennett	Lady de Bourgh & Elizabeth
29) I Need To Know	Darcy & Elizabeth
30) Pride And Prejudice	Darcy & Elizabeth
31) Finale	Mr and Mrs Bennett, Darcy, Elizabeth, Bingley, Jane & Chorus

Orchestration / Band Parts

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Clarinet

Horn

Oboe

Trumpet

Violin 1

Violin 2

Keyboard

Clarinet

Percussion

MD's Full Score

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Printed Piano/Vocal Score (Comb Bound, 281 pages, A4, 825g)

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