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Miss Havisham's Wedding Cake

Monologues, Dramatic Comedy  /  1w

Don Nigro

A part of the collection Mabel in the Woods and Other Plays.

Miss Havisham's Wedding Cake

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Literature)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
The grotesque, gothic character from Dickens' Great Expectations, Miss Havisham, steps outside herself to examine her motives and the consequences of devoting her life to getting revenge upon men after being left at the altar. A sad and funny meditation on the nature of love and the satisfactions of revenge.
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Performing Groups
MISS HAVISHAM - an old woman in a moth eaten wedding dress.
  • Time Period Victorian (British and American)
  • Setting A circle of light on an otherwise dark stage.
  • Features Elaborate / High Volume Costumes

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    £30 per play individually
    Plus VAT when applicable

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Authors

Don Nigro

Don Nigro

Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely produced playwrights in the world and has continued to build a deeply interrelated and diverse body of dramatic literature, employing a wide variety of dramatic conventions and styles of presentation. He has written ...

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