And the Winner of the Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict Contest is ....

Maggie, who will receive a new Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict paperback. Maggie, please send Laurie Viera Rigler your mailing address at laurie at janeaustenaddict dot com. Maggie's suggestion of writing a letter was so appropriate, but so were all the other comments. Thank you everyone for participating in Laurie's fun contest. Read comments here.

I am still waiting for the winner of Rita Abrams' and Josie Brown's CD of Pride and Prejudice the Musical to send me her mailing address. I will wait one more week, JaneEyre5381, and then will draw a new winner. Rita and Josie are still featuring a complete and fabulous song on their site each week.

Pride and Prejudice, the Musical Contest: Win a Free CD

Let's have some fun, Janeites! Last year Rita Abrams and Josie Brown created Pride and Prejudice, the Musical. I suspect it will be just a matter of time before you'll see this show in a theatre near you. Meanwhile, Josie and Rita have generously donated one of their CD's to be given to the winner of this contest.

If you wonder what Rita and Josie's songs sound like, they have been placing a full song on their website every week. Click here to listen to this week's selection with Mr. Darcy. You can also hear samples of all the other songs here.

Your task is easy: To the left and below I have put together my ideal Pride and Prejudice musical cast. You can disagree with my choices. Just leave a comment suggesting other singer/s and in which role they should sing. You may make as many suggestions as you like, but all your nominees must be singers. At the end of two weeks (March 29), I shall place the names of everyone who left a suggestion in a hat and draw the winner. (Please note: The Contest is CLOSED)

Josh Groban as Mr. Darcy & Emmy Rossum as Lizzy Bennet



Jane Bennet: Jewel
Mr. Bingley: Chris Brown








Mrs. Bennet: Dolly Parton
Mr. Bennet: Bruce Springsteen









Kitty, Lydia, & Mary: Sugababes Mr. Wickham: Gerard Butler Meryton townsfolk: The Osmonds



Miss Bingley: Sheryl Crow
Mrs. Hurst: Fergie







Lady Catherine de Bourgh: Bob Dylan
Mr. Collins: Sanjaya
Charlotte Lucas: Janis Joplin





Lady Lucas: Barbra Streisand
Sir William Lucas: Roy Orbison





Mrs. Gardiner: Queen Latifah
Mr. Gardiner: Sting




Posted by Ms. Place, Jane Austen's World

The contest closed a few minutes ago. We placed the names of all the entrants in a hat, and drew one. Jane Eyre 5381 won a Pride and Prejudice, the Musical CD. Jane, please email me your mailing address at msplace71 at yahoo dot com.

I loved the suggestions that people left, and will tally the top suggestions for a future post.