Meet the Cast: Eddie Izzard in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations

TDF talked to Eddie Izzard, her brother Mark Izzard who adapted the book, director Selina Cadell, and movement director Didi Hopkins about the enormous task of creating a one-woman show based on the Dickens classic.

[@MaureenMcCrink]

Love this!! Wish I could see it!

[@triipleja]

Didn't know I'd be excited for Dickens! Eddie is a gem.

[@mikeswatches2480]

Seeing this Wed - can't wait!

[@cynthiahogan4598]

Going to the show on Jan 4. So looking forward to it!!

[@lizherbst7393]

How was it?? Wish I could see it!! Love Eddie Izzard!

[@cynthiahogan4598]

@@lizherbst7393 it was sooooo good!

[@lizherbst7393]

@@cynthiahogan4598 i hope they record it!!

[@saint-gallier]

I live in France but omg Eddie Izzard directed by Selina Caddell, it must be such a joy to see it.

[@allisonrogers1409]

I'd love to see this. Hopefully somebody will put it out on video.

[@jocelyndrainie8091]

Good acting, character development and good directing honours the writer, the story and respects the discerning audience. John Drainie, my father was a brilliant Canadian actor. Discussions like what you’ve shared here often took place in our home. You are brilliant Eddie and this brought back such fond memories of my dad. Thank you.

[@arielthequeen890]

I really loved her reading the book!

[@JoeSmith-er1gq]

He is a man.

[@sarahbennett9820]

I wish i lived nearer so i could see this. I wonder if they would stream it?

[@stevencarr4002]

Eddie Izzard is a real woman - lipstick, mascara, high heels, skirt. Eddie has it all. That's all that a woman is, according to Eddie. If you have all of those things, you are a woman - period.

[@Tao_Tology]

Lol.
Go shout at a cloud.

[@JoeSmith-er1gq]

He is a freak.

[@marachime]

I wish I could go!

[@GloryOfBarbelo]

what a fruit

[@emmab2136-o3v]

He's not a woman. I find it so offensive these men have taken female language and adopted it as their own. Horrid little man.

[@jocurtis4588]

To many people in the UK and abroad, Eddie is a hero and deservedly so. Read about her charity and activism work - working to address poverty and social injustices. An incredibly funny stand-up comic too. A complex, multi-faceted persona and performer, who breaks conventions. 🙂

[@emmab2136-o3v]

@@jocurtis4588 Still a bloke.

[@CritThink1]

@@emmab2136-o3v What's your legacy, dear?

[@emmab2136-o3v]

@@CritThink1 How about addressing my criticism of him, or is that indefensible, dearest?

[@CritThink1]

@@emmab2136-o3v Honestly, I think it says more about you. Going around calling perfectly good people "horrid" and "offensive." Luckily, for the rest of us, the good people of the world like Eddie won't be deterred from being wonderful human beings in any language.