NEW YORK— Adapted from Jane Austen’s noted novel of the same name, actor/playwright Kate Hamill’s version of “Pride and Prejudice” plays as a farce. It thereby loses some of the meatiness of Austen’s work, which delves into, among other things, women’s place in the world—their power or powerlessness.
But back to 1813, when the novel was written and set, a middle-class British family, the Bennets, are in crisis. The father, Mr. Bennet (Chris Thorn), is faced with the daunting task of finding husbands for his four daughters. (There are five, but for theatrical purposes, one has been eliminated).
