u/istara

I feel Mrs Phillips, played by Lynn Farleigh, doesn't always get the appreciation she deserves. It's a smaller role but she's absolutely excellent in her two main scenes (credit also must go to the writers):

• Playing hostess to Mr Collins and all his ghastly tactlessness
• The absolutely marvellous "Oh, Sister!" scene where she frankly relishes the horror of Lydia's situation - "in which more things were broken beyond repair than heads and furniture, sister!"

It's actually my favourite scene in the whole production, even above the Lady C de B haranguing Lizzy in the "prettyish kind of a little wilderness".

Lynn Farleigh's delivery and her facial expressions are just perfect. I wish the plot had enabled more of her!