Her First Ball
Fanny Price
“We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
Their match: Edmund Bertram
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Jane Austen · 1814
Mansfield Park characters
Who’s who, from Fanny Price to Mr Rushworth
Quiet Fanny Price, raised among rich cousins, holds to her principles when the glamorous Crawfords arrive.
Mansfield Park
The characters
Thornton Lacey
Edmund Bertram
“Edmund's friendship never failed her.”
Their match: Fanny Price
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Riding Lessons
Mary Crawford
“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.”
Hoping for: Edmund Bertram
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Lovers' Vows
Henry Crawford
“He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known.”
Hoping for: Fanny Price
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The Gate at Sotherton
Maria Bertram
“'I cannot get out,' as the starling said.”
Their match: Mr Rushworth
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Newly Made Lieutenant
William Price
“Good principles, professional knowledge, energy, courage, and cheerfulness.”
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On the Sofa with Pug
Lady Bertram
“She was a woman who spent her days in sitting, nicely dressed, on a sofa, doing some long piece of needlework, of little use and no beauty.”
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Count Cassel
Mr Rushworth
“I come in three times, and have two-and-forty speeches.”
Their match: Maria Bertram
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For two
The couples
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Fanny Price & Edmund Bertram
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Maria Bertram & Mr Rushworth
Mansfield Park
On screen
The Mansfield Park cast, on screen
Who played whom in two adaptations: Patricia Rozema’s 1999 film and the 2007 ITV film.
| Character | 1999 film | 2007 ITV film |
|---|---|---|
| Fanny Price | Frances O’Connor | Billie Piper |
| Edmund Bertram | Jonny Lee Miller | Blake Ritson |
| Mary Crawford | Embeth Davidtz | Hayley Atwell |
| Henry Crawford | Alessandro Nivola | Joseph Beattie |
| Maria Bertram | Victoria Hamilton | Michelle Ryan |
| Lady Bertram | Lindsay Duncan | Jemma Redgrave |
| Mr Rushworth | Hugh Bonneville | Rory Kinnear |
| William Price | Not in the film | Joseph Morgan |
Patricia Rozema’s 1999 film starred Frances O’Connor and Jonny Lee Miller, with the playwright Harold Pinter as Sir Thomas Bertram; it draws on Austen’s letters and early writings as well as the novel.
The 2007 ITV film starred Billie Piper as Fanny, with Hayley Atwell as Mary Crawford.
Four questions
Which Mansfield Park character are you?
Four questions from the novels. Find your match among the characters of Mansfield Park, then sit for their portrait.
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Question 1 of 4
At a ball, you…
- Dance every single dance
- Stand apart and judge the company
- Make sure the grandest person there knows you
- Look after whoever has been left out
- Hope one particular person notices you
Mansfield Park questions
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Who was in the cast of Mansfield Park?
Fanny Price has been played by Frances O’Connor (1999 film) and Billie Piper (2007 ITV film), with Jonny Lee Miller and Blake Ritson as Edmund Bertram.
About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park…
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