From Pride and Prejudice, a play founded on Jane Austen's novel by Steele, Mrs. MacKaye

Oh! (Reading again.) "Colonel Forster has been here to-day. He says Wickham is not a man to be trusted! He has left Brighton terribly in debt, and his record is bad in every way. Oh, Lizzy, our distress is very great! My father is going to London with Colonel Forster instantly to try to discover the fugitives. It is hard to ask you to shorten your visit, but we are in such distress that----" (Darting from her seat.) Oh where--where is the express? I must write. No--I must go. Oh, Lydia and Wickham! I must go at once! I must send someone for a carriage. (She rushes to the garden door calling.) Martha, Martha! The express! (Suddenly she calls again.) Oh, Colonel Fitzwilliam, is that you? (COLONEL FITZWILLIAM: What is the matter, Miss Bennet?) (Wildly.) Oh, Colonel Fitzwilliam--the express--or can you get me a carriage? I have bad news from home. I must return at once and Mr. Collins is away. Will you be so kind? (She falls, half-fainting, upon a chair near the door.)

Elizabeth Monologue from Pride and Prejudice, a play founded on Jane Austen's novel

Rehearse Elizabeth's monologue