New photos have been released of stage and screen star Adrian Lukis, who starred as Mr Wickham in the renowned BBC TV 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and who now returns to the character in the London premiere of Being Mr Wickham, at Jermyn Street Theatre from Wednesday 5 June to Saturday 22 June 2024.
Coming to London direct from a hit run in New York in 2023, this one-man play written and performed by Adrian Lukis, and directed by Guy Unsworth, explores one of Jane Austen’s most charmingly roguish gentleman characters.
Join Pride and Prejudice’s George Wickham on the eve of his sixtieth birthday to lift the sheets on what exactly happened thirty years on from where we left him, and discover his own version of some very famous literary events.
“Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends – whether he may be equally capable of retaining them is less certain”. Mr Wickham is ready to set the record straight. What really happened with Darcy? What did he feel about Lizzie? What happened at Waterloo? Not to mention Byron…
