In Victorian London Amelia Havisham inherits her late father's brewery, to the disgust of covetous brother Arthur, who attacks her in the street. She is rescued by Meriwether Compeyson, unaware that ...

The body of wealthy brewer Mr. Havisham is driven to his final resting place. It's Christmas Eve and as the snow falls over Victorian London, the body of wealthy brewer Mr. Havisham is driven to his ...

The enigmatic Miss Havisham has haunted the popular imagination for more than 150 years. She appeared in Great Expectations, one of Charles Dickens' best-loved novels: It's been read widely since its ...

The film "Tales From Dickens: Miss Havisham" presents a narrative based on Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations," focusing on the character of Miss Havisham through the perspective of a young boy ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Havisham, written and performed by Heather Alexander with direction and dramaturgy by Dominque Gerrard, offers a compelling backstory to one of literature's most enigmatic characters. This one-woman ...

Some of the new adaptions of one of Charles Dicken's most beloved novels, Great Expectations, have been controversial, leading to a debate about how far new adaptations should stray from the original.

How far should scriptwriters go when they're adapting literary classics? Should writers, for example, introduce sex scenes or culture war politics? Those questions are being asked right now in Britain ...