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    Prime Stage Theatre spotlights the world of Charles Dickens in “Victorian Manners and Morals” program in Carnegie

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    In anticipation of Prime Stage Theatre’s upcoming production of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, actress Rebecca Godlove offers a glimpse into the fascinating social milieu that influenced the author’s time-transcendant work. 
    Her Victorian Morals and Manners program provides a 60-minute excursion into England’s Victorian Age (1837-1901) and takes place Monday, Oct. 28 at 7:00 p.m. at Andrew Carnegie Free Library, 300 Beechwood Avenue in Carnegie.
    The program is free, but registration is encouraged at https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/victorian-morals-and-manners/.
    Godlove is a veteran actress who recently appeared in Prime Stage Theatre’s production of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott and as Pittsburgh Civil War nurse Emilie Daub in the company’s annual Cemetery History Walk at Homewood Cemetery.
    “You can never truly separate an author from the era during which they live,” says Godlove. “The period always has some effect on their writing.” 
    Charles Dickens, she notes, lived during the height of a period often associated with courtly manners, prudish etiquette, a rigid class-based society and England’s status as the most powerful empire in the world. 
    “We will look at what aspects of Victorian life influenced the development of Dickens characters such as Oliver Twist, Bob Cratchitt, Ebenezer Scrooge, Kate Nickleby, Little Dorrit and Phillip Pirrip, better known as Pip, of Great Expectations.”
    Adapted by English playwright Neil Bartlett, Prime Stage Theatre’s Great Expectations runs for seven shows Nov. 1-10, 2024 at New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, on Pittsburgh’s Northside. 
    Following the Sat. Nov. 2 Opening Night performance, the post-show discussion will feature a live Zoom appearance by Mark Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens’ great-great-grandson and a retired commander in the British Royal Navy. 
    Over the last several years, Prime Stage Theatre has presented live in-person and online conversations with descendants of Boris Karloff, George Orwell, Sojourner Truth, Ursula Le Guin, Josh Gibson, Maya Angelou and Roberto Clemente.
    The company also makes use of local scholars sharing knowledge about writers such as C.S. Lewis, Karel Capek, Helen Keller, Anne Frank and Agatha Christie.
    Talkback guests have included Mary Badham, the original Scout in the 1962 Oscar-winning film To Kill a Mockingbird, and Stephen Chbosky, author of the best-selling young adult novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
     Prime Stage Theatre was founded in 1996 with the mission of “bringing literature to life” and  has produced over 100 plays and won national recognition as a leader in educational theatre.
    “People often ask why Charles Dickens still matters in our time,” says Prime Stage Theatre artistic director Dr. Wayne Brinda. “The answer may be that his skill in conveying a wide range of human emotions and experiences make his messages of optimism and hope timeless.”
    * For more information on Prime Stage Theatre’s 2024-25 season, contact Connie Brinda, Prime Stage Theatre General Manager at (724) 773-0700 or cbrinda@primestage.com
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