The Theatre at Chatsworth House, 20,21,22 and 27,28,29 March at 7.30pm​

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The award-winning Chatsworth Players are celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth with a performance of her most beloved novel Pride and Prejudice. Chatsworth has been used to represent Darcy’s residence on many occasions, most recently in the 2005 film starring Keira Knightly and Matthew Macfadyen. Now is your chance to see him there in the flesh.

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It’s 1813. The Bennet family live in relative comfort on the Longbourne estate in Hertfordshire. The black cloud above them is the law of entailment - the estate can only be left to a male heir and Mr and Mrs Bennet only have daughters. On Mr Bennet’s death, his wife and daughters will be homeless and penniless. So, marrying into wealth is an imperative for the girls – it’s not about maintaining comfort and standing – it’s about basic survival. The ‘better’ the marriage, the better for everyone. But the road to marriage can be strewn with pride and prejudice…

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"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

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This adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, by Helen Jerome, premiered in London in 1935 with Celia Johnson in the starring role and subsequently on film in the 1940 Academy Award winning production with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier.

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For more information, such as where to park and what time the doors open, please see the Your Visit page.​

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Tickets £18​

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