GREAT EXPECTATIONS
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Two Year Diploma 2007-2009 GREAT EXPECTATIONS Directed by Damien Goodwin Neil Bartlett's powerful and exciting adaptation of a much-loved story. Regarded by many as Charles Dickens' greatest novel Great Expectations is the story of a young orphan Pip whose path through life will be largely shaped by two experiences in his early years, which turn out to have far reaching consequences. Pip first has a dramatic encounter with escaped convict Magwitch, whom he befriends. He then meets the eccentric spinster Miss Havisham's beautiful and spiteful adopted daughter Estella... From the opening image of little Pip, alone on the windswept marshes, to the haunted darkness of mad Miss Havisham's cobweb-strewn lair, let this adaptation take you on a journey right to the heart of Dickens' unforgettable tale. 'Bartlett's inventive and atmospheric adaptation brings to thrilling theatrical life this classic exploration of childhood terrors and hopes - and adult dreams and regrets'. 'This is a new Dickens for a new century, and it is fabulous.' CAST |
