Charles Dickens: Adapted by Neil Bartlett: A Christmas Carol; Oliver Twist; Great Expectations: 1 (Oberon Modern Playwrights) - Softcover

Charles Dickens

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783190795 ISBN 13: 9781783190799

Publisher: Oberon Books, 2013

Synopsis

Using only Charles Dickens’ extraordinary words and a chameleon ensemble of actors, Neil Bartlett's powerful stage versions of Dickens have gathered wide critical acclaim. This collection includes:

Great Expectations: From its opening image of little Pip, alone on the windswept marshes, to the haunted darkness of mad Miss Haversham's cobweb-strewn lair, this adaptation takes its audience on a journey right to the heart of Dickens’ great exploration of childhood terrors and hopes – and of adult dreams and regrets. This version was recently directed by Bartlett himself to great acclaim at the Bristol Old Vic.

A Christmas Carol: Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works, and has profoundly influenced our attitude towards the season. 

Oliver Twist: Bartlett’s powerful version of Oliver Twist brings the dark underbelly of nineteenth-century London back to bold theatrical life. The unforgettable characters inhabit a world filled with images of danger and fear, innocence and hope; a world seen through the eyes of an astonished child. 

Between them, these adaptations have had over a hundred productions. They have been widely performed by schools, universities and community theatre groups throughout the English-speaking world and theatres that have produced  them  include London’s Lyric Hammersmith, the Bristol Old Vic, the Southwark Playhouse, the Glasgow Citizens, the American  Repertory Theatre in Boston and the La Jolla Playhouse (USA).

About this title

Review:

Great Expectations
'...a fabulous evening in the company of two great storytellers – Dickens and Bartlett. I walked home with the damp air of the marshes in my nostrils and the clanking of the convict’s chains ringing in my ears' 5 stars Independent 

--Independent

'a sinewy and compelling interpretation' The Stage

--The Stage

'Tiny points and tweaks of the text flash new understanding' The Times

--Times

About the Author:

Neil Bartlett is one of his generation's most respected and innovative theatre directors. His highly individual translations of French and German classical theatre, and charcteristically theatrical adaptations of Dickens, most of them originated while he was Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London, have been played around the world. His plays have premiered at the Royal Court, at the Manchester International Festival and at the National Theatre in London. 

About this edition

• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1783190795
• ISBN 13: 9781783190799
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248