Performance Location: New Hazlett Center for Performing Arts
6 Allegheny Square E., Pittsburgh, PA 15212

Performance times are at 7:30 on Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2:30 on Sundays

Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

Playbill - Link to Great Expectations Playbill (Flipbook)

Review - Pittsburgh Owlscribe - From Page to Stage, Dickens’ Great Expectations Is Invigorated by Prime Stage’s Lively, Vivid Production

Interview - WQED: Voice of the Arts - Great Expectations at Prime Stage

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Prime Stage production gives Dickens classic a major twist

Littsburgh - A Conversation with Charles Dickens descendant at Nov. 2 opening night of Prime Stage Theatre’s “Great Expectations”

This imaginative adaptation brings Charles Dickens’ classic rags-to-riches tale to vibrant new life. Pip, a young orphan in 19th century England, life is about to change. In a world ruled by money and social class, will he find his fortune? Follow the extraordinary adventures of Pip, as he seeks to fulfill his romantic destiny.

November 1 – 10, 2024

Run time is 2 hours plus a 15-minute intermission.

Friday November 1st is Preview with Pay What You Can
Saturday November 2nd is Opening Night with our Post-Show Discussion

Mark Charles Dickens

It's me – Mark Charles Dickens. I look forward to meeting with you virtually on the opening night of my great-great grandfather’s novel – Great Expectations. Dickens drew inspiration from his own life experiences and observations of Victorian society. I will share stories about Charles Dickens and answer your questions that you would like to ask Charles Dickens.
I look forward to seeing Prime Stage's imaginative production and to seeing you at the theatre, which my great-great grandfather loved!

Post-Show Virtual Discussion - Mark Charles Dickens

Join us opening night, Saturday, November 2nd, for our Post-Show Discussion with Charles Dicken's Great, Great Grandson, Mark Charles Dickens.

Mark Charles Dickens is a Great Great Grandson of the author Charles Dickens and Head of the Dickens Family, a position he is very honoured to hold. He was centrally involved in the Charles Dickens bicentenary in 2012 as President of the International Dickens Fellowship. For many years he was a regular guest at the annual ‘Dickens on the Strand’ festival in Galveston Texas where he performed readings of ‘A Christmas Carol’. He is a Freeman of the City of London, the Vice President of the City Pickwick Club and is a past Chairman of Trustees of the Charles Dickens Museum. An amateur genealogist he is responsible for maintaining Charles Dickens’ family tree.

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Meet Charles Dickens' Great, Great Grandson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ8RIjH_byA

You will meet him on opening night!

What you will see!- Using Charles Dickens' extraordinary words and a chameleon ensemble of eight actors, Neil Bartlett's powerful stage version of this much-loved story brings its settings and characters to theatrical life. An ideal play for schools and colleges!

Interview with Neil Bartlett – the playwright
https://www.neil-bartlett.com/the-work/translations/

Dickens – Still Relevant? YES!
https://yougov.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2971-dickens-200-still-relevant

The Dickens Society
https://dickenssociety.org/

Was Dickens Really Paid By The Word?
https://dickens.ucsc.edu/resources/faq/by-the-word.html

Charles Dickens Biography
https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/charles-dickens

NEIL BARTLETT’S POWERFUL ADAPTATION OF "GREAT EXPECTATIONS"
https://www.vmediabackstage.com/single-post/neil-bartlett-s-powerful-adaptation-of-great-expectations-opens-the-holiday-season-at-the-sjsc