Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a musical by Bernard J. Taylor based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It was first produced as a concept studio recording in London, England, with singers including Peter Karrie, Claire Moore, Christopher Biggins, and others. It received its world premiere at the Madison Theatre, Peoria, Illinois in 1993, and by 2007 had received more than 20 productions worldwide, including Britain, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.... more

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Bernard J. Taylor

Bernard J. Taylor is the writer and composer of six stage musicals that have been produced around the world and translated into German, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish and Italian. He is also the writer of 14 novels. Taylor was born and educated in Cape Town, South Africa. His forebears...
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Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel by Jane Austen. First published on 28 January 1813, it was her second published novel. Its manuscript was initially written between 1796 and 1797 in Steventon, Hampshire, where Austen lived in the rectory. Originally called First Impressions, it was never...
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