{"product_id":"9781780012162","title":"Great Expectations (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens's best-loved novels, bringing it thrillingly to life for the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhen the orphan Pip meets the convict Magwitch in a graveyard and is forced to help him escape, his life takes a series of unexpected turns. Invited to the house of the mysterious Miss Havisham, he falls in love with her adopted daughter, the beautiful but cold-hearted Estella. Then the generosity of an unknown benefactor sends him to London to become a gentleman. But the truth behind his change of fortune, once revealed, is not what Pip expects...\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEminently actable and stageable, this version is also ideal for schools and amateur theatre companies.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis book contains introductions by Simon Callow, Lucinda Dickens Hawksley (great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens) and Clifford herself.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'What is so admirable... is that it decisively shrugs off the many screen adaptations to make something that is pure theatre' - \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'A striking piece of theatre... potently evocative' - \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'Breathtaking... one feels transported back to the Victorian era' - \u003cem\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'Arresting... the adaptation is a model of its kind' - \u003cem\u003eWhatsonstage.com\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'An incredibly cohesive and careful adaptation' - \u003cem\u003eExeunt Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'Clifford's script is a miracle of intelligent compression that wraps itself elegantly round every essential element in the story' -\u003cem\u003e Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175442563312,"sku":"9781780012162","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780012162_p0.jpg?v=1763711249","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780012162","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}