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Chicago Theater Review: GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Strawdog Theatre) by Lawrence Bommer

SNUFFING OUT SNOBBERY Preferring acting over setting, Gale Childs Daly's joyously theatrical adaptation of Charles Dickens' coming-of-age masterpiece uses six actors to play almost 40 characters. Only swift costume changes, vocal alterations and revolving set pieces confirm the variety of this sprawling novel. In 130 minutes, Strawdog Theatre's swift-moving (and sometimes too rapid-fire) Great Expectations traces …

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:37PM on November 12, 2013

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