Great Expectations (Doran)
Bathsheba Doran
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
What readers are saying
Readers appreciate the clever adaptation of the play, highlighting its ability to effectively convey the story. Many find it a great value, particularly noting how well it translates to a small stage setting.
Clever storytelling techniquesGreat value for a small stageNo significant criticisms noted
Synopsis
Pip, a country boy who is apprenticed to become a blacksmith, is summoned to the home of an eccentric spinster to be a playmate for her young ward, Estella.
Pip soon falls for her but she treats him with cold indifference.
Consequently he longs to be turned into a gentleman.
The surprise ending is warm and delightfully satisfying.
Dickens' sly humor is very affecting on stage.
Press Reviews
"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
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Publication
PublisherSamuel French
Year1998
BindingPaperback
Pages88
PlaceLondon
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573017780
ISBN-100573017786
LCCN99233894
LCCPR6062.E7 G74 1998
DCC822/.914
Great Expectations is a adaptation play written by Charles Dickens and published by Samuel French in London (1998).
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Samuel French · 1998 · 88 pp
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