I'm reading Kate Hamill's Pride and Prejudice with my students and am curious if any of you have directed it at the high school level? We have a class of 16 with 11 girls and 4 boys so P&P is a good fit gender-wise. All but one of my students seem excited about it, but I have one who is quite concerned about it feeling "cheap" or just played for the laughs. She understands that the original story is funny, but sees the added bawdiness as excessive and some of the characterizations as extreme. I'm not quite sure how I feel about it myself yet. Would love to hear any perspectives from those that may have done it.
Thanks in advance!
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Liz Turkel Vose
Summerfield Waldorf High School
Santa Rosa, CA
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