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Pride & Prejudice Productions gives Austen a makeover

by Catey Sullivan

Melissa Leilani Larson and Lavina Jadhwani reimagine a classic for BIPOC voices. More than 30 years into this gig, I've lost track of how many times I've seen Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice adapted for the stage. The Regency-era author's enduring popularity isn't a mystery: Austen's novels championed women in an era when women's options for generating income faced draconian limitations…

SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 11:15am on December 29, 2020