Adapting Dickens: London Tide

[vivdunstan]

Still slowly reading the script book of the current stage version of Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend. And just really frustrated at some of the adaptation choices in a recent section, which conflated/interspersed some of the most pivotal scenes in the book, meaning they all have reduced impact. On plus it makes me want to reread the original novel ASAP. Which remains my favourite Dickens novel. Though I would like to know what more of the songs in the stage show are like. Only a few are on YouTube. I’m doubtful it will go up on the at home streaming version of the National Theatre. But hope!