Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (BBC's Pride and Prejudice)

Mr. Beveridge's Maggot in BBC's mini-series Pride and Prejudice (1995).

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Music

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• english
• country
• dance
• bbc
• pride
• and
• prejudice

[raynasabine]

@claire1909 Bless you, you are so right! (And Colin Firth does an incredible job, wouldn't you agree?)

P&P has stood the test of time for over 200 years; I doubt anyone will remember Edward and Jacob 200 years from now.

[LeannanStair]

@claire1909 Plus, Darcy is a real man. :D (As in, human XP.)

A lot of guys actually like Austen men upon acquaintance because while they may not be rescuing ladies from oncoming missiles, they live in a world where they have to know just the right thing to say in a world surrounded by women- and deal with real life issues. They're real men, real role models, not vampires, werewolves, Superman, or Bruce Willis. XP

[Subcontrabassfan]

I wonder whether the instruments played by the musicians are the same as those mimed on screen as the rarely played vox humana appears (a military tenor oboe of the period and mainly used outside the military in west gallery bands which might well have performed for social functions). Charles Spicer of the Mellstock Band plays one in someof their recordings but told me that the musical 'rewards' were not worth the effort expended. If it was actually played here I wonder who was the performer?

[ondynefairy]

@sheelz321 If i think better, it might have been played at the Netherfield ball, since aristocrats portrayed in Ms Austen's novels seemed pretty conservative in certain ways. This scene and dance have always impressed me and i love the sound of footsteps in the coreography at the beginning and ending, it adds to the scene's and song's intensity XD

[godlovesmawellyboots]

@Majestchan The name is Mr Beveridge's Maggot as far as I'm aware. The song and dance went together, under the same name.

[claire1909]

@SanghaBlack Only if you make one first for Jane Austen for making fictional characters I can't help but swoon for. Then yes.

[SanghaBlack]

@claire1909 Would you mind if I build an altar for you?

[alcachino33]

@Majestchan "Mr. Beveridge's Maggot," apparently.

[Majestchan]

Hi, I just want to ask what's the name of the music. Anyone?

[sheelz321]

My favourite adaptation (I have the DVD playing now). Only one thing: the music is from Playford's Traditional Dances which was published a century earlier. Even at country Assemblies this would have been replaced by more contemporary tunes. I still like it though ;)

[MrQuinnsdad]

Absolutely agree Viv. Speaking as someone who has trouble in walking in a straight line when chewing a toffee, they have my complete admiration.

[Icha74]

@claire1909

Glad that you're interested in the classics! Nothing against Twilight and the like (tho I cannot bring myself to read the book, having seen the movie!), but classical literature are very interesting to read too.