Adaptations

Screen

1971: An adaptation for BBC television was dramatized by Denis Constanduros and directed by David Giles.[29]
1981: A seven-episode TV series was directed by Rodney Bennett.[30]
1995: A theatrical release was adapted by Emma Thompson and directed by Ang Lee.[31]
2000: A Tamil version titled Kandukondain Kandukondain stars Mammootty (Colonel Brandon), Ajith Kumar (Edward Ferrars), Tabu (Elinor), Aishwarya Rai (Marianne), and Abbas (John Willoughby).[32]
2006: Material Girls, directed by Martha Coolidge is loosely based on the novel
2008: A three-episode BBC TV series was adapted by Andrew Davies and directed by John Alexander.
2011: Scents and Sensibility, directed by Brian Brough
2011: From Prada to Nada, directed by Angel Gracia
2024: Sense and Sensibility, an adaptation from Hallmark Channel in the United States. This adaptation features Black actors in the main roles.[33]

Radio

In 2013, Helen Edmundson adapted Sense and Sensibility for BBC Radio 4.[34]

Stage

2013: Sense & Sensibility, the Musical (book and lyrics by Jeffrey Haddow and music by Neal Hampton) received its world premiere by the Denver Center Theatre Company in April 2013, as staged by Tony-nominated director Marcia Milgrom Dodge.[35] It received its UK Premier in May of 2023 by the Surrey Opera Company.
2014: The Utah Shakespeare Festival presented Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan's adaptation.[36]
2016: The Bedlam theatrical troupe mounted a well-received minimalist production that was adapted by Kate Hamill and directed by Eric Tucker, from a repertory run in 2014.[37]

Literature

1996: author Emma Tennant published Elinor and Marianne, a sequel in the form of an epistolary novel (Austen's original format for Sense and Sensibility) recounting the married lives of the Dashwood sisters. [38]
In 2013, author Joanna Trollope published Sense & Sensibility: A Novel[39] as a part of series called The Austen Project by the publisher, bringing the characters into the present day and providing modern satire.[40]
2009: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is a mashup parody novel by Ben H. Winters, with Jane Austen credited as co-author.[41]
2016: Manga Classics: Sense and Sensibility published by UDON Entertainment's Manga Classics imprint was published in August 2016.[42]

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