Pride and Prejudice (musical)
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Pride and Prejudice is a musical
by Bernard J. Taylor
based on Jane Austen
's Pride and Prejudice
. It was first produced as a concept studio recording in London, England, with singers including Peter Karrie
, Claire Moore
, Christopher Biggins
, and others. It received its world premiere at the Madison Theatre, Peoria
, Illinois
in 1993, and by 2007 had received more than 20 productions worldwide, including Britain, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
by Bernard J. Taylor
Bernard J. Taylor
Bernard J. Taylor is the writer and composer of ten stage musicals and two stage plays. His musicals have been produced around the world and translated into German, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish and Italian. He is also the writer of 14 novels and three non-fiction books.Taylor was born and...
based on Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature, her realism and biting social commentary cementing her historical importance among scholars and critics.Austen lived...
's Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England...
. It was first produced as a concept studio recording in London, England, with singers including Peter Karrie
Peter Karrie
Peter Karrie , is a Welsh singer, best known for his portrayal of the lead role in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, The Phantom of the Opera. He played the part in London, Toronto, Vancouver, Singapore, Hong Kong and on the UK Tour in Bradford, and Manchester...
, Claire Moore
Claire Moore (singer)
Claire Moore is an English soprano singer and actress, best known for her leading role as Christine in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera and as Ellen in "Miss Saigon"....
, Christopher Biggins
Christopher Biggins
Christopher Kenneth Biggins is an English actor and media personality.-Career:Biggins was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England and brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups...
, and others. It received its world premiere at the Madison Theatre, Peoria
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
in 1993, and by 2007 had received more than 20 productions worldwide, including Britain, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
Musical numbers
- Overture
- See Him Today
- No Designs On Love
- Five Daughters
- At The Ball Tonight
- Assembly Waltz
- Being Here With You
- Pride and Prejudice
- A Man Who's Proud and Vain
- Isn't It Strange
- A Woman Who Knows Her Place
- Through the Eyes of a Child
- An Offer I Must Refuse
- Good Breeding
- Don't Ask Me Why
- Should I Be Flattered
- Have I Been Wrong
- Thank God They're Married
- Since We Said Goodbye
- My Dear Miss Bennet
- I Need To Know
- Finale