![]() ![]() REEVES: Gerald has been staging adaptations of his great-great-grandfather Charles' works around the world for 30 years in theaters and libraries, in schools and on ships. REEVES: Gerald Dickens is playing all the parts - from the central character, Pip, to one of English literature's most mesmerizing creations, Miss Havisham, the recluse seeking vengeance against men after being jilted at the altar.ĭICKENS: (As Miss Havisham) Love her. ![]() REEVES: The actor is a great-great-grandson of Dickens himself.ĭICKENS: (As Miss Havisham) Do you know what I touch here? The play is "Great Expectations."ĭICKENS: (As Miss Havisham) Come near. PHILIP REEVES, BYLINE: We're in a hall in a community center in Frodsham, a small market town in northwest England. GERALD DICKENS: (As Miss Havisham) Who is it? How far should scriptwriters go when they're adapting literary classics? Should writers, for example, introduce sex scenes or culture war politics? Those questions are being asked right now in Britain where there's a flurry of new productions based on one of Charles Dickens' best loved novels. ![]()
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