She cast an armchair as Mr Bennet in a Pride and Prejudice reboot. Now Isobel McArthur's been let loose on lusty romp The Fair Maid of the West. So is she worried about outraging mothbally academics? Isobel McArthur is recalling the development of her Olivier-award winning Jane Austen adaptation, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of). She had a hunch that Mr Bennet, patriarch of the novel's family, had little dramatic func…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PM on November 14, 2023