Little did Jane Austen know in 1811 that her novels would be favorites of one, Mikenzie Fitzpatrick, almost two centuries later. If she were alive today, Mikenzie would be the president of her fan club!
Last Friday evening, Mikenzie, Kellie and I attended the opening performance of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center's production of Pride and Prejudice. We had a wonderful time. The theater only seats 100 or so, Of course, we had to have front row seats. The performance was fantastic. I have a renewed respect for the talent and skill that these actors and actresses have. Just memorizing the lines alone is enough to make my head spin.
Miss Elizabeth Bennet was a gem, played by a fiesty red head. (Gee, who does that remind you of...) Her hair was true to her character. And of course Mr. Darcy was as handsome as ever. And when they finally kissed at the end, well, let's just say, we all were swooning!
What a fun evening spent with two of my girls. We've got to do it again, soon!
"I have no pretensions whatever to that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man."
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.... Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."
The small, intimate audience seating.
"How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue."
The stage.
"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life."
"Best Buds"
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