(re)Dressing Miss Havisham

by John Minigan
Part of the BPT New Play Incubator

Miranda, an actor with a background in criminology, opens up the “cold
case” death of Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations in
order to solve the mystery, interrogate Dickens’ view of women, and
discover for herself—an intentionally unmarried and unpartnered
forty-something—whether it’s possible to not just avoid death but find
true happiness alone. On a journey aided by forensics, research,
personal experience, and even a “murder board,” Miranda moves into and
out of character as Dickens' "spinster" until a crisis in the case
brings unexpected closure.