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Written by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, this UK premiere is a loving homage to and continuation of Austen's work. It puts the spotlight on Elizabeth Bennet's overlooked younger sister Mary, who is resigned to being the sister everyone forgets, until a chance at love gives her hope for a future she never thought possible. 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Set at an all-boys grammar school in Sheffield in the 1980s, it follows eight schoolboys preparing for the Oxbridge examinations. 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It was written by original Mischief team members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, the Olivier Award-winners behind The Play That Goes Wrong. The ill-fated Cornley Amateur Drama Society stages Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, but hilarious problems with miscommunications, delays, missing actors and a fight over the lead role destroy the much-loved story of Ebeneezer Scrooge. 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Expect insight into Jacobi's six-decade career, from Shakespeare roles such as 'Hamlet' and 'Othello' to screen favourites including 'I, Claudius', 'Gladiator' and 'The King's Speech'. Clifford, whose own credits range from Kenneth Branagh films to 'The Crown' and directing at Washington's Folger Shakespeare Theatre, is also Jacobi's partner. 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