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The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
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David Mynne, veteran Cornish actor and a founder member of Kneehigh, in a one-man performance of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Some of his most memorable characters - the terrifying Magwitch; Joe Gargery, the kind and generous blacksmith; the eccentric Miss Havisham; the cold and beautiful Estella; Mr Jaggers the pompous lawyer and Pip’s friend, Herbert Pocket – are vividly brought to life in this anarchic and joyful telling of this glorious tale.
Using Dickens’ original text (well, mostly!) this skilful, one-man performance is deft, daft, delightful ...and definitely Dickens!
Be prepared to be scared and amazed, to cry and laugh!
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1803. Pip, a seven year-old orphan boy, visits his mother’s grave.
A frightening encounter with an escaped convict begins a series of events that will change his life forever.
Written by one of England’s greatest authors, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations is the profound and complex story of Pip’s journey through life.
Some of his most memorable characters – the terrifying Magwitch; Joe Gargery, the kind and generous blacksmith; the eccentric Miss Havisham; the cold and beautiful Estella; Mr Jaggers the pompous lawyer and Pip’s wise friend, Herbert Pocket – are vividly brought to life in this anarchic and joyful telling of this glorious tale.
Using Dickens’ original text (well, mostly!) David Mynne's skilful, one-man performance of this epic story is deft, daft, delightful …and definitely Dickens!
Be prepared to be scared and amazed, to cry and laugh!
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Suitable for adults and accompanied children over 10
Directed by Simon Harvey / Performed by David Mynne
Written by Charles Dickens and adapted by Andrew McPherson
Additional text by Simon Harvey and David Mynne
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"... his hugely entertaining one-man version of Great Expectations."
Clive Davis: The Times
"This unique version of Great Expectations - billed as ‘deft, dark, delightful and definitely Dickens’ - is both mesmerising and joyful, and I loved every second of it. Faultless."
Sue Cade: Wildfire
"This is theatre at its most accessible, at its heart a performance that astounds and delights in equal measure.”
Belinda Dillon: Exeunt Magazine
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