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Great expectations and a bleak house: the promise and perils of staging Dickens by Michael Billington

London Tide at the National Theatre is the latest in a flood of Dickensian adaptations. Few have captured the novelist's surreal imagination " are solo shows the most successful? Dickens and theatre are forever linked. The latest adaptation of his work is London Tide, based by Ben Power on Our Mutual Friend " with songs by himself and PJ Harvey " and opening at the National Theatre in April. Given that the novel depi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PM on March 3, 2024

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