television and film adaptions – Everything Is Better With Dragons

The 1996 BBC series with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. A thought occurs.

Why are all the parents and parent figures (such as Lady Catherine, and Mr and Mrs Gardiner) portrayed as though they were in their sixties in so many adaptations of Pride and Prejudice? If you read the book the ages of Mr and Mrs Bennett, Lady Catherine etc. are never mentioned explicitly, unlike the younger characters, but simple mathematics suggests they aren’t meant to be in their sixties.Continue reading “Watching Pride and Prejudice is not the same as reading the book”