Great Expectations (Acting Edition)
by Charles Dickens, Barbara Field

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120 mins Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Adaptation

Synopsis

THE STORY: Using a simple set (which is carefully described in the playbook) and making resourceful use of a brilliantly theatrical storytelling technique, the play conveys all the energy and warmth of Dickens' richly human story with cinematic qui

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"A rich and theatrically vivid re-telling of the famous classic which, with the simplest of means, captures the full flavor and style of Dickens' immortal novel. “…a joy and a wonder; a compelling story told with richly inventive, involving theatricality.” —Seattle Times. ”It's a wonderful evening of classic entertainment suggested for ages six through adult."

— Seattle Journal-American

Publication

Year 1984
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822204817
ISBN-10 0822204819

Great Expectations (Acting Edition) is a adaptation play written by Charles Dickens and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1984).

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