Jack Maggs

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Event Jack Maggs
Venue Dunstan Playhouse (2001-), Adelaide, SA
First Date 15 November 2024
Last Date 30 November 2024
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Step back in time to 19th-century London, where intrigue and mystery mix in the world premiere of Jack Maggs. Peter Carey’s best-selling and Miles Franklin Award-winning “reworking” of Charles Dickens’ canonical novel Great Expectations.
The story follows the enigmatic ex-convict Jack Maggs (Carey’s version of Magwitch) returning to London from Australia and embarking on a relentless quest to find his ‘son’ Henry Phipps, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Description Source Production Company
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Adaptation
Subjects Australia
Historical
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ahunim Abebe Actor Mercy Larkin
Rachel Burke Actor Hawthorn / Mary / Phipps
Dale March Actor Constable / George / Partridge
Jelena Nicdao Actor Miss Mott / Lizzie
Nathan O'Keefe Actor Percy Buckle / Dr Grieves
Jacqy Phillips Actor Ma Britten / Mrs Halfstairs / Old Mercy
Mark Saturno Actor Jack Maggs
James Smith Actor Tobias Oates
Annabel Matheson Assistant Director
Hilary Kleinig Composer
Ailsa Paterson Designer
Geordie Brookman Director
Nigel Levings Lighting Designer
Andrew Howard Sound Designer
Samuel Adamson Writer
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Based on the novel by Peter Carey
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 210286