A single door, two windows, two tables, and a number of chairs are rolled around the stage on caster wheels, and within a minute or less we are treated to a scene in Norland Park, a journey by carriage (yes) to Barton Cottage or a visit with Mrs Jennings to London, a tete a tete between Mrs Ferrars and Lucy Steele, a confrontation between Fanny Dashwood and the hapless Lucy, Marianne’s illness at the Palmer’s house, etc. The venue was intimate and the set simple, fluid, and changeable. Except for the actresses who portray Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, the remaining actors take on a variety of roles, as you can read in the image below or in the link to the online program.
Ten actors, all professionals and most of whom reside in the Baltimore/Washington area, play all the parts. It was directed by Susanna Gellert in Everyman Theatre. To book, click here.I’ve had the pleasure of viewing the play, Sense and Sensibility, an enjoyable adaptation by Kate Hamill from the Jane Austen novel of that name.
Ms Diss added: “Four of your favourite Open Bar actors will bring the romance, heartbreak and comedy of Sense and Sensibility to life in your local So we are delighted to be adding another tour to the season and creating a brand new adaptation of Jane Austen’s beautiful romantic comedy. 2022 was a huge year for our partnership with more performances in more pubs than ever before and four Off West End award nominations. Nicky Diss, co-founder of Open Bar Theatre said: “We are thrilled to be back in Fuller’s gardens with our first spring show, Sense and Sensibility. They find themselves on the property of a distant relative, Sir John Middleton, and start on a journey of love, romance and heartbreak. It follows the three sisters as they must move with their widowed mother from the estate on which they grew up and look for a new home. The classic Austen book tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor, Marianne and Margaret as they come of age. Previous production of Open Bar’s Shakespeare in the Gardenįour performers will take to the pub garden as part of a tour of 23 pubs across London that starts from and finishes 10 June 2023. In previous years, working with Open Bar Theatre, Shakespeare in the Garden has taken place.
It’s the first time for pub group Fuller’s to showcase a Jane Austen classic. The Rose and Crown will stage the production on and The Duke of Kent will stage it on 8 June 2023. Ealing’s The Rose and Crown in South Ealing and The Duke of Kent pub in Pitshanger are to turn their gardens into open theatres with a production of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
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