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By Joanne Hilty
Special to the Rappahannock News
In this newest adaptation of Jane Austin’s classic early 19th century novel about manners, money and marriage, British television director Joe Wright takes his version of “Pride & Prejudice” in an entirely different direction. This fast-paced and spirited film with a distinctly modem approach stars Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Donald Sutherland and Judi Dench. Knightley, in a vibrant and witty performance, was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress and rightly so. The Rappahannock Association for the Arts and the Community is showing “Pride & Prejudice” at The Theatre on Gay Street, Friday, March 17, at 8 p.m.
Director Joe Wright, making a spectacular feature film debut, sets the tone in his first big scene with a party thrown by a wealthy, aristocratic bachelor, Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods), who has taken a place in the country near the Bennets. Knightley plays the proud, quick-witted, headstrong Elizabeth, second eldest of the Bennet family’s five daughters. The bustling brood is brilliantly introduced with something going on everywhere you look. One daughter is pounding on the piano and another feeding the barnyard ducks. When Mr. Bennet (Donald Sutherland), in the midst of all this activity, hears of Bingley’s upcoming event, the news sends the household into a tizzy.
At the local ball, Bingley, seeing Jane (Rosamund Pike), Elizabeth’s gentle, beautiful older sister, is instantly taken
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