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‘Bridgerton’ “Inspires Fans’ Demand For Regency-Era Dancing Lessons”
Bridgerton, Pride and Prejudice are among popular period dramas set in the Regency era.
Adcock runs a school called Dance the Past and she explained: “Regency dancing is definitely having a resurgence and the people who watched Mr Darcy (played to enormous success by Colin Firth in the BBC TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, 1995, and Matthew Macfadyen in the movie of 2005) think, ‘Actually I want to have a go at doing that.’ The first season of Bridgerton, created by Shonda Rhimes who adapted the series from the books of Julia Quinn, debuted on Netflix on Christmas Day 2020 and swiftly became one of the most watched shows on the platform. The Regency era in British history commonly described as spanning 1795 to 1837, during which time King George III was declared unfit to rule, the Regency Act of 1811 was passed, and his eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, was appointed Prince Regent to perform royal functions.
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