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Great Expectations (Chadwicke)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  8w, 7m

Alice Chadwicke, Charles Dickens

Alice Chadwicke
Dramatized from Charles Dickens' novel

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 w…

Great Expectations (Chadwicke)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 7m

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Summary

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.

  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Author

Alice Chadwicke

Author

Charles Dickens

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