Great Expectations (1946 film) in Dickens' novel. The unit for the location work for the film was based on a derelict naval fort on Darnett Ness Island in the River Medway. The script is a slimmed-down version of Dickens' novel. It was inspired after David Lean witnessed an abridged 1939 stage version of the novel, by Alec Guinness. Guinness had played Herbert Pocket, and Martita Hunt was Miss Havisham in the stage version of 1939. The script for the film was written by David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Cecil McGivern, Ronald Neame and Kay Walsh. David Lean approached Clemence Dane to write the script, but
Great Expectations (2011 miniseries) Thomas a Beckett church, located in the deserted Kent village of Fairfield on the Romney Marsh. Scenes for the interior of the Gargery House/Forge were filmed at Luton Hoo Farm in Bedfordshire. In the UK the first part of the adaptation received the highest viewing figures in its time slot, gaining 6.6 million viewers. The casting of Gillian Anderson as the obsessive jilted bride Miss Havisham drew attention to the production due to her being a mere 43 compared to other actresses who have played her. The move was generally accepted with "The Independent" saying "Phelps's biggest liberty, making Miss