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Elizabeth Refuses

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Country
Australia

How it feels

A 30 minute TV adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It recreates key scenes from the novel including Elizabeth Bennet refusing Mr. Darcy's first marriage proposal.

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What happens

Elizabeth Refuses is a 1957 Australian TV play based on the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It was directed by William Sterling. It was performed live from Sydney on 5 February 1957. The adaptation was written by English writer Margaret Macnamara of a number of scenes from Jane Austen's novel. It ran for 30 minutes on the ABC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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