ADC Theatre
The Old Curiosity Shop
10 December
– 14 December 2013
By Charles Dickens adapted for the stage by Nick Warburton
Introduction
The Cast
Production team
The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of Nell Trent and her grandfather who wants to make sure that Nell is provided for when he dies.
Having borrowed money from the malicious Daniel Quilp, Dickens' most evil villain, he risks losing everything. To escape Quilp's clutches, Nell and her grandfather flee London and wander the English countryside where they come across many interesting characters; among them Dick Swiveller, a careless young man and friend of Nell's plotting brother Fred, honest Kit Nubbles, Sampson Brass, Quilp's unscrupulous attorney, the kindly Mrs Jarley, proprietor of a travelling waxwork show, Codlin and Short two unsavoury Punch and Judy men, the mysterious Single Gentleman and many more.
