A PERFORMANCE of the well loved Jane Austen romance Pride and Prejudice will be a fitting tribute to a long-standing theatre company member.

Brian Burton, a life member of Worcester Swan Theatre Amateur Company, adapted the novel for stage before his death last year.

Having been adapted with considerable skill into a fast-moving carefully constructed play by Mr Burton, Pride and Prejudice will be performed at the Swan Theatre from Thursday, May 5 to Saturday, May 9.

The Bennets, a nineteenth Century couple, are much concerned with finding husbands for their daughters Lizzie, Jane, Mary, Kitty and Lydia.

Mrs. Bennett, for whom the marriage of her daughters has become an obsession, is ecstatic when a rich young man, Charles Bingley, takes an estate near their Hertfordshire home and pays court to Jane, the prettiest and sweetest-tempered of her girls.

But Bingley’s friend, the aristocratic Mr Darcy, insults a dashing young officer, Mr Wickham, who shows an interest in Lizzie.

Bingley fails to follow up his interest and Jane lapses into heartsickness.

When Lizzie discovers that Mr Darcy and his sister have engineered Mr Bingley’s removal from the scene, her hatred of him knows no bounds.

This production stars radio presenter Lizzie Crow as Lizzie Bennet, and drama and film graduate Chris Read as Mr Darcy while Timothy Crow directs.

Tickets costs £10 and can be booked on 01905 611427 or online at worcesterlive.co.uk.

Tickets can also be purchased at the Swan from 45 minutes before the production.