While browsing through the most agreeable online resource that is archive.org, I found another Pride and Prejudice goodie to share: Pride and Prejudice performed in less than a minute! It presents the story in the most stripped-down summary form imaginable. It’s definitely funnier (and probably about as faithful!) as 2003’s Pride and Prejudice; A Latter Day Comedy.
Producing any kind of summary of Pride and Prejudice isn’t easy, with its interweaving plots and relationships, since Jane Austen herself was never one for wasting words. Indeed, it seems impossible to break the novel down into a two-hour feature film without slashing swathes of the storyline and cutting down the characters. The efforts, therefore, of the Monotone Players to produce a 60-second audio dramatization can only be applauded.
One online reviewer and Pride and Prejudice lover seems to disagree though. ‘Disgusting’ – like Darcy’s first proposal to Elizabeth – was his or her considered opinion. I thought it was quite funny. Have a listen and let me know what you think!
Lizzy
Well, I don’t quite know how to react to that. It was all over so fast I had to listen again! Ummm…I wouldn’t go as far as to say ‘disgusting’ but it I can’t say I was particularly impressed either…