BCg+Character+7+Elizabeth+Bennet

**Character** Elizabeth Bennet **Stimulus** The novel, // Pride and Prejudice and Zombies  // **Performance focus** Create a solo performance based on the character of Elizabeth Bennet. While despatching a horde of zombies disturbing an afternoon tea party at Longbourn, Elizabeth persuades her father that she is happy to accept Mr Darcy’s offer of marriage. She • re-creates a turning point in her relationship with Mr Darcy • creates a montage of dramatic images which show her training under Pei Liu of Shaolin • shows how her descendant, Liz, will deal with the white-collar zombies stalking the streets and offices of 21st century Melbourne. **Performance style** Non-naturalistic **Theatrical convention** Exaggerated movement **Dramatic element** Climax **Reference material** Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, published by Quirk Books, 2009 World War Z, from the newspaper column 'All Men Are Liars, published in The Age, 5 December, 2010, and found at []
 * PRESCRIBED STRUCTURE 7**