Bleak Expectation by Mark Evans

A Dickensian parody with peril romance and ridiculousness.

Pray let us adore Sir Philip Bin the famous Victorian inventor and novelist as he recounts the story of his youth. A happy childhood with his sisters Pippa and Poppy is shattered when his father dies in a sinister plot by the evil Mr Gently Benevolent who then becomes Pip’s cruel guardian. 

Sent to a brutal boarding school run by the wicked Hardthrasher Pip escapes with the help of his cheerful best friend Harry Biscuit. Together they face bizarre adventures romantic entanglements and fiendish plots all while trying to stop Benevolent’s schemes to seize the family fortune.  This deliciously absurd spoof of Charles Dickens’ novels and based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series will take you on a lively fun-filled journey through a delightfully bonkers Victorian world. Enjoy if you will. We are sure you will want some more…  

This amateur production of ‘Bleak Expectations’ is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

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