Great Expectations
Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
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The original text
Set in Kent and London in the early to mid-19th century, the novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip, and was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical All the Year Round, from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. Chapman & Hall published the novel in three volumes in October 1861.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted for the stage and filmed for the cinema or television numerous times, since the first stage version by W.S. Gilbert. The play opened at the Royal Court Theatre on 29 May 1871 and ran for around 48 performances.
The most celebrated film version was made in 1946, directed by David Lean with John Mills as Pip and featuring Bernard Miles, Alec Guinness, Finlay Currie, Martita Hunt (as Miss Havisham), Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons and Valerie Hobson. [1]
Performance history in South Africa
1990: An adaptation for the stage was presented by NAPAC at the Natal Playhouse Drama Theatre, directed by Deon Opperman, from 7 September.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations
Theatre programme and press clipping held by NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 15. 39.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Expectations_(1946_film)
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