great expectations

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Doing a one woman show of "Great Expectations," that was the chance to play all those characters.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2023

Knight was drawn to "Great Expectations" because of the similarities he saw between his life and that of the main character.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

Steven says working on Great Expectations was personal for him because his dad was a blacksmith and, like the character of Pip, it was expected that he'd be one too.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023

Olivia Colman speaks to the BBC about playing a Dickens villain - and why she thinks Great Expectations is still relevant for modern Britain.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023

This was a new city and a foreign country, the city of Vanity Fair and Great Expectations.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart