Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet castings confirmed

Tuesday 2 August 2016

We are very excited to tell you who will be joining the previously announced Matthew Kelly and Felicity Montagu (as Mr and Mrs Bennet) in the upcoming production of Pride and Prejudice!

The cast will feature Tafline Steen as Elizabeth Bennet and Benjamin Dilloway as Mr Darcy. Tafline made her professional debut in King Charles III at the Almeida before reprising her role in the West End and on Broadway, and Ben recently appeared in King Lear at the Almeida Theatre London.

Also joining the cast of Pride and Prejudice will be Hollie Edwin (professional debut) as Jane Bennet, Mari Izzard (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, RSC) as Lydia Bennet, Leigh Quinn (Henry V, RSC) as Mary Bennet/Annabel De Bourgh, Anna Crichlow (professional debut) as Kitty Bennet/Georgiana Darcy, Jordan Mifsúd (The Silver Tassie, National Theatre) as Mr. Bingley, Steven Meo (The Distance, Orange Tree Theatre) as Mr. Collins, Daniel Abbott (Richard II, RSC) as Mr. Wickham, Kirsty Rider (professional debut) as Caroline Bingley, Francesca Bailey (The Good Soul of Szechuan, Bristol Old Vic) as Charlotte Lucas, Charlotte Palmer (Tennison, ITV) as Mrs. Gardiner and Mark Rawlings (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, West End) as Sir William Lucas.

This production is directed by Deborah Bruce, with set design by Max Jones and costume design by Tom Piper. Movement direction is by Sian Williams, Composer is Lillian Henley, Sound Designer is Matt McKenzie for Autograph and the Season Associate Director (Voice and Text) is Barbara Houseman.Pride and Prejudice is the third Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production to tour the UK, following their smash hit productions of To Kill a Mockingbird in 2014/15 and Lord of the Flies in 2015/16.

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Benjamin Dilloway as Mr Darcy

Tafline Steen as Elizabeth Bennet