TO celebrate the launch of The Dickens Legacy, Great Expectations will be screened live via satellite to more than 150 cinemas across the UK and Ireland, including Southampton’s Harbour Lights Picturehouse and Odeon.
Although it is Dickens’ most popular novel and has previously had many incarnations, including as a film, a television drama and even a stage musical, this will be the first time there has ever been a production of Great Expectations as a full-scale stage play in either the West End or on Broadway.
The West End première of the show, which has already played at The Mayflower, will star Jack Ellis as Jaggers, Chris Ellison as Magwitch and Paula Wilcox as Miss Havisham.
The cast of 13 also includes Paul Nivison as adult Pip, Grace Rowe as Estella and Taylor Jay-Davies as young Pip.
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