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A Trailer for the Theatre Adaptation of "Hard Times"

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A Trailer for the Theatre Adaptation of "Hard Times"

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By Lighthouse Theatre Company from their tour in 2017.

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Charles Dickens' Hard Times - Lighthouse Theatre Company Tour 2017

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www.lighthouse-theatre.co.uk for Venues and dates Lighthouse Theatre presents Hard Times at theatres around Wales from Nov 9th - Dec 2nd 2017 Stephen Jeffreys' adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1854 novel was commissioned for 4 actors by Pocket Theatre Cumbria in 1982 and has gone on to have huge success, being performed by companies small and large around the world.

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An interpretation by Maggie Wauklyn of Louisa and Sissy's journey to meet Tom Gradgrind at the circus. The artist has a collection of illustrations with which she recreates some scenes from the novel.

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Comprehension Questions:
1. Why does Slackbridge propose that Stephen Blackpool should be disowned by the Union?
2.How does Rachel defend Stephen against Mr.Bounderby's accusations about him changing his name to escape the punishment?
3.Why does Tom Gradgrind follow Mr.Bounderby around like his shadow?

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Hard Times by Charles Dickens - Book III, Chapter 4: Lost

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A humorous version of Sissy, the source of novel's imagination, as the story's joker.

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Mr. Gradgrind, Louisa and Sissy go to the circus to visit Tom last time before he escapes. A depiction of Mr.Gradgrind's grief when faced with his son, raised by Facts, as a clown.

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A colorful interpretation of the blackened Coketown, the main setting, by the artist Nick Ellis. This artist is working on a long-term project, 'The Illustrated Hard Times' by Charles Dickens,which includes both a book and a video.

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Stephen Blackpool, who is accused of bank robbery, rushes to the town only to fall down to a shaft and die. The scene of Rachel and Stephen's long waited reunion, which ends with Stephen's death.

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An animated video about Charles Dickens by BBC .