Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility
By Paula Parker
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The Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, have very different ideas about the propriety of love. Elinor is temperate and rational, while Marianne is fueled by youthful passions. Cast from their childhood home by the whims of fate, the sisters still manage to attract suitors.
Elinor's quiet beauty attracts the equally quiet and reserved Edward Ferrars, while Marianne's impulsive zest for life draws the attention of both the heroic Colonel Brandon and the charming but roguish John Willoughby. But there are a multitude of obstacles on teh road to romance in Paula K. Parker's sparkling stage adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved novel.
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Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility - Paula Parker
JANE AUSTEN'S SENSE & SENSIBILITY
by
Paula K. Parker
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Copyright © 2011 Paula K. Parker
Cover art - Courtship by Edmund Blair Leighton - Public Domain
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Playwright's Notes
on Staging
Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility
Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility is wonderful character-driven story that may be played with understated nuance on a minimalistic set. But it is also a marvelous period piece that lends itself to gorgeous costumes and magnificent sets. I've attempted to write the play so that it can be produced on a variety of stages by theatres with either large or small budgets.
I believe it is the responsibility of the playwright to write the play, and that it is the responsibility of the director to direct the play. As such, I have refrained from inserting many stage directions, and grant the director the freedom and license to direct the show as he or she sees fit.
One note I thought important to include regards the significant prop - the pianoforte. Theatre companies who have access to a piano and wish to use it may certainly do so. The pianoforte, however, was not a piano; it was a precursor of the modern day piano. It was much smaller and lighter, and in many cases resembled a rectangular desk. A simulated pianoforte, faced away from the audience, would be quite suitable for this production and would certainly be easier for scene changes.
Blessings,
Paula K. Parker
SCENES
Cast of Characters
Act I
Scene 1 - The parlor at Norland
Scene 2 - The parlor at Norland, a month later
Scene 3 - The parlor at Norland, several weeks later
Scene 4 - The parlor at Barton Cottage, several weeks later
Scene 5 - The parlor at Barton Park, that evening
Scene 6 - The parlor at Barton Cottage the next day
Scene 7 - The parlor at Barton Cottage, the next day
Scene 8 - The parlor at Barton Cottage, several weeks later
Scene 9 - Outside Delaford the next day
Scene 10 - The parlor at Barton Cottage the next day
Scene 11 - The parlor at Barton Park that evening
Act II
Scene 1 - Mrs. Jennings’ London townhouse, two weeks later
Scene 2 - A London townhouse, that evening
Scene 3 - Mrs. Jennings’ townhouse, the next morning
Scene 4 - Mrs. Jennings’ townhouse, the next morning
Scene 5 - Mrs. Jennings’ townhouse, the next morning
Scene 6 - Mrs. Jennings’ townhouse, several days later
Scene 7 - Mrs. Jennings’ townhouse, several days later
Scene 8 - The parlor at Cleveland, several days later
Scene 9 - The bedroom and hall at Cleveland, one week later
Scene 10 - The bedroom and hall at Cleveland, several days later
Scene 11 - Outside Barton Cottage
CHARACTERS
In Order of Appearance
Thomas - the butler at Norland
John Dashwood
Fanny Dashwood - John’s wife
Mrs. Dashwood
Margaret Dashwood
Marianne Dashwood
Elinor Dashwood
Edward Ferrars
Cook
Sir John Middleton
Mrs. Jennings
Butler - at Barton Hall
Colonel Brandon
Mr. Willoughby
Butler - at Delaford
Mrs. (Charlotte) Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Lucy Steele
Express Rider
Johnson - Mrs. Jennings’ Butler
Miss Grey – this character has no lines
Mr. Robert Ferrars
The Doctor
ACT I
Scene 1
SETTING: A parlor at Norland.
AT RISE: THOMAS ushers JOHN and FANNY DASHWOOD into the room.
THOMAS
If you would be so good as to wait in here, Mrs. Dashwood, Mr. Dashwood, I will inform Mrs. Dashwood of your arrival.
JOHN
And you say that my stepmother has not yet left her rooms? What of my sisters?
THOMAS
No, Sir, Mrs. Dashwood has not yet left her rooms. As for the young ladies, I understand that Miss Dashwood is visiting someone in the village who is sick; she informed Cook not to expect her for luncheon. Miss Marianne and Miss Margaret had Cook prepare them a picnic meal and are spending the morning on the far side of Norland, sketching.
FANNY
Really?
JOHN
Thank you, Thomas.
(THOMAS bows and exits.)
FANNY
Still in her rooms? At this hour? John, what must your stepmother be thinking? And your sisters to be absent from the house when we were