Great Expectations
Published on 13. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-84842-067-0 (ISBN)
Description
A beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens's best-loved novels, bringing it thrillingly to life for the stage.
When the orphan Pip meets the convict Magwitch in a graveyard and is forced to help him escape, his life takes a series of unexpected turns. Invited to the house of the mysterious Miss Havisham, he falls in love with her adopted daughter, the beautiful but cold-hearted Estella. Then the generosity of an unknown benefactor sends him to London to become a gentleman. But the truth behind his change of fortune, once revealed, is not what Pip expects...
Jo Clifford's adaptation of Great Expectations was first performed at Richmond Theatre, London, in 2012, before transferring to the West End.
Eminently actable and stageable, this version is also ideal for schools and amateur theatre companies.
This edition contains introductions by Simon Callow, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley (great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens) and Clifford herself.
When the orphan Pip meets the convict Magwitch in a graveyard and is forced to help him escape, his life takes a series of unexpected turns. Invited to the house of the mysterious Miss Havisham, he falls in love with her adopted daughter, the beautiful but cold-hearted Estella. Then the generosity of an unknown benefactor sends him to London to become a gentleman. But the truth behind his change of fortune, once revealed, is not what Pip expects...
Jo Clifford's adaptation of Great Expectations was first performed at Richmond Theatre, London, in 2012, before transferring to the West End.
Eminently actable and stageable, this version is also ideal for schools and amateur theatre companies.
This edition contains introductions by Simon Callow, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley (great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens) and Clifford herself.
Reviews / Votes
'What is so admirable... is that it decisively shrugs off the many screen adaptations to make something that is pure theatre' * The Times * 'A striking piece of theatre... potently evocative' * Telegraph * 'Breathtaking... one feels transported back to the Victorian era' * The Stage * 'Arresting... the adaptation is a model of its kind' * Whatsonstage.com * 'An incredibly cohesive and careful adaptation' * Exeunt Magazine * 'Clifford's script is a miracle of intelligent compression that wraps itself elegantly round every essential element in the story' * Guardian *More details
Series
Edition
stage version
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
112 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-067-0 (9781848420670)
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic who is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.
Jo Clifford (formerly known as John Clifford) is an award-winning playwright, translator, poet and performer, who has also worked as a journalist and academic. She was instrumental in establishing the reputation of the Traverse Theatre Company in the 1980s.
Jo Clifford (formerly known as John Clifford) is an award-winning playwright, translator, poet and performer, who has also worked as a journalist and academic. She was instrumental in establishing the reputation of the Traverse Theatre Company in the 1980s.