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Helen Jerome (1878–1966) was a British-Australian (naturalised U.S. citizen) journalist, author and playwright most famous for her adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, Pride and Prejudice, for the stage. She is credited with having created the first heartthrob, desire-filled version of Austen's hero, Mr Darcy.
Helen Jerome was born on 10 May 1883 in Sydney, Australia. She was a writer, known for Conquest (1937), Pride and Prejudice (1940) and Omnibus (1952). She was married to George Ali. She died on 10 February 1966 in Windlesham, Surrey, England, UK.
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Mar 2, 2008 · Celia played Elizabeth Bennet opposite Hugh Williams as Mr. Darcy at the St. James’s Theatre in London. Helen Jerome adapted this successful dramatization, titled Pride and Prejudice: A Sentimental Comedy in Three Acts, which continues to be performed today.
As a fitting climax to these twenty-five years of steady achievement, the Club has chosen as its spring play for 1940 Helen Jerome's dramatization of the Jane Austen classic, "Pride and Prejudice."
Pride and Prejudice is a 1940 American film adaptation of Jane Austen 's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, the screenplay was written by Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin, adapted specifically from the stage adaptation by Helen Jerome, in addition to Jane Austen's novel.
Playwright Helen Jerome specialized in stage adaptations of literary classics. Her version of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre toured in 1936 and 37, with Katharine Hepburn in the lead. A year earlier, her adaptation of Pride and Prejudice ran on Broadway for 219 performances.
Adapted from Helen Jerome’s dramatization of the novel by Jane Austen Overview Mrs. Bennett, rural, prosaic and the matriarch of five daughters, has her gaze on the social whirl of London while her husband and farm languish.
