最浪漫求婚!全家出演《傲慢与偏见》

When Bethany Albert was home at her parents’ house in Tacoma, Wash. for the holidays, she came home on Christmas Eve to a surprise.

宝芬妮·艾尔伯特回到华盛顿州塔科马港市与父母一同庆祝圣诞节。在圣诞前夜，她收到了一份惊喜。

“I walked in the house, not expecting my sister to seize me and start exclaiming that Mr. Bingley had returned to Netherfield at last.”

“我走进家门，没想到我的妹妹紧紧抓住我的手，告诉我宾格利先生终于回到内瑟菲尔德庄园了。”

While another sister took photographs, a third sister began putting Bethany into a Regency dress. Bethany elaborated that her mother sewed five Regency dresses in the span of two weeks.

一个妹妹为宝芬妮拍照，另一个妹妹为宝芬妮穿上了摄政风格的高腰裙。宝芬妮说，她的母亲在两周的时间内缝制了五条高腰裙。

David Slater, Bethany’s friend of five years and boyfriend of ten months, was hiding in a closet nearby, dressed as Mr. Darcy. “We met swing dancing at the University of Washington.”

男朋友大卫·莱斯勒装扮成达西先生的样子藏在近处的一个衣柜里。大卫和宝芬妮做了5年的朋友，交往了10个月。“我们是在华盛顿大学的摇摆舞会上认识的。”

“One by one more and more family members joined the scenes. David took the script directly from the text of the book. My family did rehearsals in secret.”

“家人们纷纷参加这场演出。大卫完全按照书中的情节编写了剧本，我的家人还悄悄的排练过。”

Bethany’s family recreated half an hour of scenes from Pride and Prejudice.

宝芬妮的家人按照《傲慢与偏见》中的情节，进行了一场半小时之久的表演。

Eventually, Bethany, David, and their family moved outside the house.

最后，宝芬妮、大卫和家人们一起来到屋外。

And her Mr. Darcy proposed to his Lizzie in her neighbor’s backyard.

“达西先生”在邻家的后院里向“莉兹”求婚了。

“Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books. I loved that it involved family; my sisters, parents, his sister, brother-in-law, nieces… It was so special to interact with them and exchange knowing smiles during the production.”

“《傲慢与偏见》是我最喜爱的书之一。我喜欢这本书中对家庭成员的描绘;我的姐妹，双亲，大卫的姐妹和妹夫，侄子……和家人们一起演出这一幕，与他们心有灵犀的相视而笑，这种感觉非常温暖。”