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Bleak Expectations: Now a major West End play!
Mark Evans
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Description for Bleak Expectations: Now a major West End play!
Paperback. A brilliantly funny novel based on the Radio 4 series Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: WHG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 340.
Now a major West End play! From 3rd May 2023, see Bleak Expectations on stage at the Criterion theatre, with guest stars Stephen Fry, Dermot O'Leary, Sue Perkins and more!
Based on the beloved Radio 4 series, BLEAK EXPECTATIONS recounts the remarkable adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to make his way in a world made all horrible by the machinations of his cruel guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.
Grim circumstances, mistaken identities, nightmarish court-cases, ridiculous names, convenient coincidences to resolve plot problems, over-sentimental death scenes and lots and lots of adjectives: Bleak Expectations is a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
345g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472112583
SKU
V9781472112583
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99-99
About Mark Evans
MARK EVANS has written four series of Bleak Expectations for Radio 4. He is an experienced comedy and entertainment writer for TV and radio; credits include That Mitchell and Webb Look, The Late Edition, Popetown and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Reviews for Bleak Expectations: Now a major West End play!
The funniest book since the one I haven't written yet. Mark Evans sets the bar annoyingly high.
Robert Webb Deliciously irreverent spoof of all things Victorian and melodramatic....Evans keeps the gag rate high.
The Observer
A brilliant Dickens pastiche.
The Telegraph
Robert Webb Deliciously irreverent spoof of all things Victorian and melodramatic....Evans keeps the gag rate high.
The Observer
A brilliant Dickens pastiche.
The Telegraph