Synopsis
Hard Times
$15.99 Deborah McAndrew from Charles Dickens
Published by Methuen
Large Mixed Cast
Dark satanic mills, interrupted by the colour and vibrancy of Sleary's Circus, set the stage for this sweeping tale of suppressed love, seduction and social mores, peopled with Dickens' sharply observed and delightfully theatrical characters
Imagine a world where imagination is forbidden
Coketown is such a place
Home of Thomas Gradgrind who not permit fanciful thoughts in his house or his school
But what effect will his draconian policy have on his own children, Tom and Louisa?
And how can he protect them from "corrupting influences"?
Especially when the circus comes to town ...