Great Expectations gentleman. Pip is to leave for London, but presuming that Miss Havisham is his benefactor, he first visits her. Pip sets up house in London at Barnard's Inn with Herbert Pocket, the son of his tutor, Matthew Pocket, who is a cousin of Miss Havisham. Herbert and Pip have previously met at Satis Hall, where Herbert was rejected as a playmate for Estella. He tells Pip how Miss Havisham was defrauded and deserted by her fiancé. Pip meets fellow pupils, Bentley Drummle, a brute of a man from a wealthy noble family, and Startop, who is agreeable. Jaggers disburses the
Dickens' Women worldwide, including a 2007 tour to Australia and New Zealand. Margolyes was nominated for an Olivier Award in 1992 for her original West End season of the show. "Dickens' Women" was taken on a world tour in 2012 as part of the 200th anniversary celebrations of Dickens' birth. Dickens' Women Dickens' Women is a one person show written by Miriam Margolyes and Sonia Fraser and starring Margolyes. The play includes 23 different characters (male and female) based on or inspired by characters in Charles Dickens' novels. The "Sydney Morning Herald" wrote that the "elegantly crafted production puts the focus on