The Other Bennet Sister review – the bookish Pride and Prejudice sister gets her turn in the spotlight

The Other Bennet Sister review – the bookish Pride and Prejudice sister gets her turn in the spotlight

Ella Bruccoleri’s performance as Mary is absolutely lovely. It’s a shame this overly slight drama labours the jokes about her marriage prospects, though Lydia Bennet – the kickable youngest Bennet daughter from Jane Austen’s famous family unit, with an endless penchant for drama – has been the subject of many retellings. Not to mention unofficial sequels to Pride and Prejudice (unofficial in the sense that Austen has been slightly too dead for slightly too long to write one herself). Elizabet...

By Lucy Mangan