It’s dangerous business, having the chutzpah to take a beloved Jane Austen novel and imagine what happened after that.
Fortunately, that didn’t stop playwrights Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, who imagine “Pride and Prejudice” characters a few years later in their clever and engaging “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley,” which plays through Dec. 23 at New Village Arts.