Published on Feb 14, 2012

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Genre: Drama

Dates: March 30-31, 2012

Venue: TNT Theatre ( Nine Theatre )

Prices: 60, 120, 180, 280, 380

Features: The drama of David Copperfield is a dramatisation of Charles Dickens novel by Paul Stebbings and Phil Smith. On March 30th and 31st, the TNT Theatre Britain will presents this drama for Beijing lovers.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Artistic director: Paul Stebbings
Original music by Thomas Johnson.

ACTORS
David Copperfield - George Mclean
Emily and Clara Copperfield - Eilidh Debonnaire
Mr Pegotty and Luther - Matthew Wood
Pegotty, Dora and Miss Murdstone - Emily Bowman
Steerforth and Mr Murdstone - Peter McMillan

PAUL STEBBINGS
Paul Stebbings is artistic director of TNT theatre Britain and The American Drama Group Europe. He was born in Nottingham and studied drama at Bristol University, where he received first class honours. He trained in the Grotowski method with TRIPLE ACTION THEATRE in Britain and Poland. Paul founded TNT theatre in 1980 and received regular Arts Council funding for work in the UK. His productions have toured to over twenty countries worldwide. Productions for TNT and ADGE this season include: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, TAMING OF THE SHREW and MACBETH by Shakespeare, Lorca' LA CASA DE BERNADA ALBA and his own version of DON QUIJOTE (in Spanish) OLIVER TWIST, DAVID COPPERFIELD and A CHRISTMAS CAROL all adapted from the novels of Charles Dickens, ONE LANGUAGE MANY VOICES (an exploration of Britain’s colonial legacy),and his own play HITLER KILLED MY CANARY These varied productions tour to over thirty countries on four continents performing in cities as diverse as Beijing, Jerusalem, Paris, Tokyo, San Jose de Costa Rica, Hanoi, London and Berlin.

DAVID COPPERFIELD
David Copperfield is one of the longest of all Dickens novels and unique in that it is an entirely personal work rather than a social critique. Our approach has been to select certain marrative lines that illustrate the main themes. We have set out to explore and confront the subtext through modern eyes. Dickens himself selected the stories of Steerfroth, the Murdstone and Peggotty families as the basis for his own public readings from DAVID COPPERFIELD, which were among his most popular performances. In terms of form, we have followed many contemporary critics in defining DAVID COPPERFIELD as a “fairy tale”, and tried to reflect the dynamic and stylized musical theatre of Victorian London, which was itself a huge influence upon Dickens’work.

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