PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
by Jane Austin
Adapted by Nona Shepphard
Directed by Matthew Bannister
Designed by Laura Cordery
Lighting designed by Andy Grange
One of the ‘most loved books’ in the English language has been brought
to the stage in this hour long adaptation; a novel of manners by Jane
Austen, first published in 1813, it tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet’s five
unmarried daughters, who live in Hertfordshire in the early 19th century.
The rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his friend, Mr Darcy, have moved
into their neighbourhood, and while Bingley takes an immediate liking to
the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy is disdainful of local society and
repeatedly clashes with the ebullient Elizabeth.
The trials and tribulations of their turbulent relationships are brought to life
as we share with the audience those wonderful and well-loved characters –
lazy and ironic Mr Bennet and his excitable, social climbing, impressionable
wife; strong minded, clever and independent Elizabeth and her beautiful,
shy sister Jane; charming and personable Mr Bingley, with his good friend,
the aloof, handsome and opinionated Mr Darcy; and the unctuous and
odious Mr Collins with his revered patroness - the terrifying, harridan Lady
Catherine de Bourgh.
THE CAST in alphabetical order
Jane / Lady Catherine de Bourgh / Mrs Reynold / Mrs Hurst
Elizabeth Andrewartha
Mr Bingley / Mr Collins
Reg Edwards
Mr Darcy
Tom Kay
Mr Bennet / Mr Gardner
Clive Kneller
Elizabeth Bennet
Eva Traynor
Mrs Bennet
Emily White
Choreographer: Darren Royston
Stage Manager: Cat Vickers-Claesens
Costume Supervisor: Chryssie Furnell
Milliner: Claire Strickland
Illustration: Laura Cordery
Costume maker: Calli Mayers
Wardrobe Assistant: Evie Evans
Scenery Builders: Dave Agnew, James Russell, Mark Tweed
Scenic Artist: Sophie Millns
THE RADA GRADUATE COMPANY - CAST
ELIZABETH ANDREWARTHA
Elizabeth graduated from RADA in 2013. There she performed in the title roles of Phaedra’s Love and
The Grace of Mary Traverese other work includes Cockroach, As You Like It and All’s Well That Ends Well.
Theatre includes: A Bright Room Called Day at the southwark playhouse. Film includes Mary Gloster
and The Snow Maiden. Workshops include Three Sisters (Print Room, directed by Lucy Bailey) and
The Dazzling Woman.
REG EDWARDS
Reginald graduated from RADA in 2014. Since then he has appeared in The Other Place at the GBS theatre;
Sommer 14 at the Finborough; and Lotty’s War at the Richmond Theatre. He also appeared in BBC’s Holby
City as DCI Wells.
CLIVE KNELLER
Clive trained at RADA. He has since played Shakespeare off Shanghai, Beckett off Broadway and Wilde off
Worthing, during years of sailing around the world performing aboard the luxury liner Queen Mary II. Theatre
credits include the Young Vic, the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, the Chichester Festival, Actors Touring
Company, Oxford Stage Company and theatre seasons at Chester, Leeds, Coventry and Cheltenham. In
London’s West End he has played Gollum in The Hobbit and Chapuys in A Man for all Seasons. Film and
TV credits include Nelson, Doctor Who, The Bill, Minder, Wycliffe, Doctors, My West and The Parole Officer.
Mrs. Kneller and his three children kindly see to it that he doesn’t starve.
TOM KAY
Tom graduated from RADA in 2010 and has since appeared at the Finborough, worked with Katie Mitchell at
The National Theatre, he has toured with Jack Shepherd’s production of The Tempest and has also worked
at the Almeida Theatre in Rupert Gould’s critically acclaimed musical American Psycho. TV credits include
BBC’s Poetry Between the Lines and Doctors and ITV’s The Children Next Door.
EVA TRAYNOR
Eva trained at RADA following a B.A. Hons. in English Literature at University College London. An
experienced singer, she performs and directs for the RADA Cabaret Company; musical theatre credits
include lead roles in The Boy Friend, Guys and Dolls and Sondheim’s Company. An accomplished dancer,
she performs period dance with Nonsuch History & Dance, and flamenco with London’s Escuela de Baile.
She also performs poetry for Live Canon at events around the UK. Theatre credits: O’Neil’s The Sea Plays,
and the premiere of Elizabeth Kuti’s Fishskin Trousers (London & touring). Film & TV: Werner Herzog’s
Queen of the Desert; Cheerful Weather for the Wedding; This September. Radio: BBC4’s Voices from the
Old Bailey.
EMILY WHITE
Emily started acting professionally at the age of 16 in productions of Strindberg’s The Father - Richmond
Theatre/ Theatre Royal Bath and Ben Elton’s Popcorn - West Yorkshire Playhouse/Nottingham Playhouse.
She then went on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2001. Her most recent work
includes playing Olivia in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at York Theatre Royal and Medea in Neil Labute’s
Bash at the Dixon Theatre. Television credits include - The Bill, Holby City and Skinny Marink a short film for
BBC 2. Radio credits - The Silver Chair. Emily recently gained a distinction for her Masters Degree in Theatre
Writing, Directing and Performance at the University of York and is in the process of writing two plays.