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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 9w, 6m
by Kate Hamill Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Kate Hamill’s playful adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters after their father’s death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable.
Winner! Top 10 Plays of 2014 – The New York Times Winner! Top 10 Plays of 2014 – Huffington Post Winner! 2014 and 2016 New York Times Critic’s Pick Winner! Wall Street Journal Playwright of the Year, 2017 Winner! Off-Broadway Alliance Awards for Best Revival and Best Unique Theatrical Experience Nominee: 2016 Drama League Award for Best Revival
Kate Hamill's playful new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters – sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne – after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially vulnerable. Set in gossipy late 18th-century England with a fresh female voice, the play is full of humour, emotional depth and bold theatricality. Sense and Sensibility examines our reactions, both reasonable and ridiculous, to societal pressures. When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart?
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The world premiere of Kate Hamill’s Sense and Sensibility was produced by Bedlam at the Sheen Center in New York City on 10 November 2014.
ELINOR DASHWOOD – The eldest Dashwood sister; sensible MARIANNE DASHWOOD – The middle Dashwood sister; sensitive MARGARET DASHWOOD – The youngest Dashwood sister; 10-13 years old MRS. DASHWOOD – Mother to the Dashwood sisters JOHN DASHWOOD – Half-brother to the Dashwood sisters (from their father’s side; no blood relation to Mrs. Dashwood) EDWARD FERRARS – A gentleman; a bachelor FANNY (FERRARS) DASHWOOD – Wife to John Dashwood and sister to Edward; nasty COLONEL BRANDON – An older bachelor; over 45 years old JOHN WILLOUGHBY – An unusually handsome young man SIR JOHN MIDDLETON – A country gentleman; distant relation to Mrs. Dashwood MRS. JENNINGS – A good-natured, boisterous woman; mother-in-law to Sir John and a terror to the countryside LADY MIDDLETON – An over-bred lady LUCY STEELE – A young girl from no fortune ANNE STEELE – Lucy’s sister; indiscreet ROBERT FERRARS – A callow young man; Edward Ferrars’ younger brother
Also, to be doubled with the cast: GOSSIPS 1-5 – A chorus of high-society creatures SERVANTS, including THOMAS DOCTOR
Doubling is encouraged; the only characters that should not be doubled are Elinor and Marianne. The Gossips may be assigned as needed.
England, 1790s.
“Jane Austen has been pumped full of helium.” – The New York Times
“One of the best things I’ve ever seen onstage.” – Ira Glass
“As adapted for the stage by Kate Hamill and directed by Eric Tucker, Sense and Sensibility might be described as Jane Austen for those who don’t usually like Jane Austen, finding her work too reserved for lively entertainment. Yet I would imagine that even fanatical Janeites, as her most devoted admirers are known, will not take offense, once they get used to this production’s audaciously high energy level.“ –The New York Times
“Ms. Hamill’s scene of Fanny Dashwood going manic and pummeling Lucy Steele when she discovers that the young woman is engaged to her brother Edward was not only fun to watch, but quite original (and much too short). Opinion: If this production of Sense and Sensibility comes to a theatre near you, I am certain you will like it immensely.” – Jane Austen’s World
Sense and Sensibility Trailer – Stratford Festival
Making Sense of Sense and Sensibility with Kate Hamill
Author's note: The play may be performed with as little or as much in the way of set, props, or spectacle as you prefer.
Kate Hamill is an actor/playwright. Wall Street Journal’s Playwright of the Year, 2017. Her play Sense and Sensibility (in which she originated the role of Marianne) won the 2016 Off-Broadway Alliance Award, was nominated for a Drama League Award, and saw 265+ performances of ...