Elizabeth and Mr Darcy? Discuss
By Veronica Coburn
Age range
13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
15 +
Approx. running time
90 mins +
Gender breakdown
Male: 8
Female: 8
Female: 8
Setting
Contemporary Ireland. Multiple locations. Takes place over the course of one full academic year.
Note
A choral play about love for a large group.
First performance
Commissioned by Youth Theatre Ireland for New Stage 2009.
Synopsis
Elizabeth & Mr Darcy? Discuss... is a choral play about love. It’s also about the Junior Cert and the Leaving Cert and that first exciting/terrifying step beyond second level education. Set against one cycle of the seasons it is choral in form to reflect that which we have in common. We may have much in common but there is also lots to set us apart, so there are individual stories of flirtation, expectation and examination melt down; the individual threads within the collective chorus. Elizabeth & Mr Darcy? Discuss is particularly suitable for choreographic production.