Show Notes
What if Pride & Prejudice was set in the 2010s, where Lizzie Bennet was on a media internship? What if she captures the wild and wonderful plot from Pride & Prejudice on camera? What if Lydia Bennet becomes a fan favourite – and pod favourite – character?
Melinda and Stefanie discuss the arrival of Darcy, and Lydia breaking our hearts in a well-executed Wickham scandal in our second episode on the huge adaptation that is The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.
Links & Mentions
We can actually link you to the adaptation in the show notes which is a first: you can watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KisuGP2lcPs&list=PL6690D980D8A65D08].
If you would like to catch up with some of the actors from The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, you can see Ashley Clements's YouTube channel here [https://www.youtube.com/@TheAshleyClements], and the specific link to her Look Back Diaries project [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM35yqnYn5A&list=PLjsmrZT6f9QfYuPafDS20LIvLiFUoGZQ_]. Mary Kate Wiles has her YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@emkaysmiles] and is part of a group called Shipwrecked Comedy who produces literary and historical comedy [https://www.youtube.com/@ShipwreckedComedy]. And Daniel Vincent Gordh has a YouTube channel as well [https://www.youtube.com/@manboynice].
We encourage you to watch Austen Therapy's Instagram reel analysing Episode 94 and the resolution to the Wickham scandal in this adaptation [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY74KwABONg/?stkn=MXRrdTNydTkyNXR0ag==]. Huge thank you to them for their insight!
If you'd like to explore some of the transmedia storytelling you can see Lizzie Bennet's Twitter [https://x.com/TheLizzieBennet], William Darcy's Twitter [https://x.com/wmdarcy], and Gigi Darcy's Twitter [https://x.com/ggdarcy].
If you need subtitles or a transcript, these are available through Apple Podcasts. Please note, they are auto generated so we apologise in advance for it not correctly understanding our accents on certain words.
As always, you can find us (and our memes) on Instagram @janeaustenremixed [https://www.instagram.com/janeaustenremixed] and you can contact us via [email protected].
Join us every second Monday to hear all about a new adaptation of our favourite classic novel. Next episode we will be discussing the stage production Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of) by Isobel McArthur.
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