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Ellison is best known as hard-nut Frank Burnside in The Bill. Among Paula Wilcox's many well-known roles are Hilary Potts in Emmerdale, Lilian in The Smoking Room and Chrissy in classic '70s sitcom Man About the House.
Director and co-designer of Great Expectations is Graham McLaren, who established Theatre Babel and is an Associate Director for the National Theatre of Scotland.
Despite its many previous dramatized incarnations, this is the first time Great Expectations has been presented as a full-scale stage play in either the West End or on Broadway.
The play recounts the story of a poor lad called Pip Gargery and his entanglement with embittered and reclusive Miss Havisham en route to wealth and status, and is perhaps the best loved Dickens tale of all.
Dickens' masterwork has been adapted for the stage by Jo Clifford, one of Scotland's leading playwrights. She is the author of approximately 80 plays and her work has been translated into several languages and produced throughout the world.
Photo Credit: Roy Tan
Paula Wilcox as Miss Havisham
Paula Wilcox as Miss Havisham
Taylor Jay-Davies as Young Pip
Chris Ellison as Magwitch and Company
Paul Nivison as Adult Pip
James Vaughan as Wopsle and Wemmick Jack Ellis as Jaggers
Chris Ellison, Taylor Jay-Davies, and Paul Nivison
James Vaughan as Wopsle
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