In an alternate London of 1820 during the joyous reign of King Stanley V8, Elinor and Marianne Wood, the illegitimate daughters of Sir Henry Dashwood and his cook, have become Nell Dash and Nance. Their vile half-sister-in-law Lady Fanny Ferrars Dashwood stops at nothing to keep them from getting a single penny of the annuity they have inherited, whilst at the same time trying to attain the two strands of pearls given the girls when they fled Devonshire, pearls which have mysteriously disappeared and have a strange history of their own.
Cast:
Nell Dash A cheerful but sensible pie-maker 32 F
Lady Fanny Dashwood A selfish, evil, upper-crusted woman 36 F
Nance / Nell's younger sister, a prostitute 28 F
Estella Adopted child of Miss Havisham 23 F
Celia Peachum / Polly's ambitious, conniving mother 35 F
Miss Pross / An elderly customer of Nell's 75 F
Wackford Squeers A hospital attendant 30 M
Dodger / A teenage pickpocket 15 M
Edward Ferrars / Fanny's gentle younger brother 33 M
Mr. Todd / A socially awkward barber 35 M
Executioner An executioner 30 M
Fagin / An old Jewish leader of thieves 60 M
Mr. Brownlow / The Dashwood family solicitor 60 M
Dr. Grimwig / A grumpy doctor 60 M
Abel Magwitch Another elderly thief 60 M
Toby Muzzle (or just Muzzle) / A dim-witted but gentle footman 39 M
Miss Aurelia Havisham / A recluse 65 F
The Beadle / An unctuous minor official 35 M
King Stanley V8 The King of this alternate England 37 M
Polly Peachum / A crafty little girl, very pretty 8 F
Bill Sikes / A notoriously violent thief 35 M
Tiger Brown / An ambitious but genial policeman 40 M
Mr. Jaggers The Havisham family solicitor 40 M
