As any regular commuter will know, you see all sorts of people on the London Underground.
But rush hour passengers were stunned today to see a group of five Miss Havishams take the Tube.
The group - who were promoting a screening of Great Expectations on TV channel Drama this Bank Holiday weekend - travelled among surprised commuters on the Underground and buses before congregating in front of Big Ben at 8.40am, the time Miss Havisham is jilted by her fiancé Compeyson in the novel and stopped all of the clocks around her.
The Miss Havishams also visited Westminster Abbey, the final resting place of author Charles Dickens.
Miss Havishams on the Tube
Costume designer Katya Wildman said: “We watched a number of actresses playing Miss Havisham, including Gillian Anderson, Helena Bonham Carter and Charlotte Rampling as well as reading the descriptions of this haunting character in the book. We wanted to capture Miss Havisham’s ethereal beauty as well as the decaying of her clothes and spirit as a result of her long period of mourning for the wedding she never had. The result is a complete transformation of our five models that we hope captures the essence of this haunting and very moving character.”
Great Expectations will be shown on TV channel Drama on Sunday 25 May at 6pm and repeated on Monday 26 May at 4pm.
