WELCOME TO FALLENFROMHEAVENUK LONDON SW13 We offer: *Customer collection from London Sw13 *Customer's own courier (Quotes available from SHIPLEY) *Our own local delivery up to 50 miles (See check out options) The price for this item WITHOUT transport is £130 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Please read the full listing, measurements & descriptions Thank you. MEASUREMENTS: H 71cm D 48cm L 92cm DESCRIPTION: * Very old but very cute little console table with 3 drawers & a protective glass top. It looks very much like a mini version of a regency style sideboard. Ideal for a hallway or alcove. In good working order with expected signs of age such as the middle drawer key is very stiff & a few little dings here & there. * We have freshly refurbished this little gem with some rustic character. A faded glamour meets Miss Haversham sort of vibe. Using all Annie Sloan products we have painted in scandinavian pink, heavily distressed & used both a clear & black wax for a dirty pink patina. 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The American actress cuts a ghostly figure in her latest role as the tormented Miss Havisham in the BBC's upcoming costume drama.
About the Book Classic play adapted by award winning writer, Tanika Gupta. Book Synopsis Pip, a poor village boy, finds two chance meetings set his life on an unexpected course. At the water's edge, he has a terrifying encounter with an escaped convict. In the decaying grandeur of Miss Haversham's house, he falls hopelessly in love with the heartless Estella. When an anonymous benefactor helps him move to Calcutta, the heart of the British Raj, Pip pursues his great expectations and his dream of winning Estella's heart. Relocating Pip's extraordinary journey to nineteenth-century India, this coming-of-age story, evoking some of Dickens' most colourful characters, is faithful to the period of the book and the richness of Dickens' language - a vivid theatrical retelling of a universally loved masterpiece. Review Quotes "Tanika Gupta's ingenious adaptation... is exciting and persuasive."-Jeremy Kingston, The Times
This vintage-style candle holder is the ultimate in Gothic charm – prepare to channel your inner Miss Haversham! The antiqued-effect metal gives this candlestick an aged, layered look that’s full of character and depth, and adds a tactile quality that plays beautifully against classic white or ivory dinner candles. Alternatively, add a maximalist twist by styling with leopard print or bright pink candles for a striking contrast that adds a pop of colour to your space. Perfect against a dark wood sideboard, the flicker of candlelight creates a warm, inky quality that dapples light and shadow beautifully. Equally as striking when styled as part of a tablescape, this unique and versatile candle holder is a forever piece that you can use to add personality to your home for years to come. - Black Antique Zinc Candle Holder – Available in Two Sizes - Material: Aged zinc - Available in two sizes – Tall (Measures: H23cm x D8.5cm) and Short (Measures: H18.5cm x D8.5cm)
October is one of the most important months in a year mainly because that is when we celebrate Halloween. I must say, I adore Halloween - it is one of the few days when you can dress up in the most ridiculous, over-the-top get-up and no one can judge you. This year, after careful consideration, I've decided to go as Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. While I care very little for Great Expectations as a work of fiction or Dickens, for that matter, I find Miss Havisham to be a fascinating character. With a zeal that becomes such an ardent lover of Halloween, I took to the Internet in search of inspiration. Martita Hunt as Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (1946) This is a very witch-like Miss Havisham. Her hair and face remind me very much of the evil stepmother from Disney's Cinderella. The little flowers in her hair are absolutely inspired. They make me think of Ophelia. In fact, I am convinced that had poor Ophelia lived to old age she would have turned into Miss Havisham. Miss Havisham with adult Pip in Great Expectations (1946) The veil that covers most of her body has a wonderful spiderweb-like quality to it and looks old and withered. I find the dress itself a bit puzzling. I can't tell what period it supposed to be. One would think that if Pip and Estella inhabit Victorian England, Miss Havisham's dress should be from the Regency Era. But the shape of the dress and the long puffy sleeves seem all wrong for that time period. Of course, they may have been inspired by late 1800s, but the neckline is a bit odd and it still doesn't explain the fanciful sleeves. But in a way, it kind of works. This Miss Havisham is out of place and out of time with her strange attire, musty house and rich jewelry. Joan Hickson in Great Expectations (1981) Lovely dress, love the color. The bright jewels create a gorgeous contrast with the faded fabric. The curls are really nice too. You can almost see the young pretty girl who had her dreams dashed. But this Miss Havisham doesn't look bitter. Just melancholy. Charlotte Rampling in Great Expectations (1999) I love Rampling's handsome face, cold expression and exquisite Regency style dress. The sheer fabric over the dress and on the sleeves make for a great cobweb effect. But I feel like this Miss Havisham is too put together. And she doesn't really appear insane, only a bit miffed. More Miss Havishams Miss Havisham by Harry Furniss Miss Havisham by Charles Green Jean Simmons in Great Expectations (1989) Miss Havisham Catrin Osborne as Miss Havisham on Stilts Catrin Osborne makeup for Miss Havisham
Last week saw the third Photography Farm organised and hosted by wedding photographer Lisa Devlin. I was super excited to be invited along again to talk about blogging, to help style the shoot which we asked Roo to model for.Lisa, stylists Hannah and Jayne and myself have been planning this spooky Miss Havisham-esque shoot for a few months now so it was seriously exciting too see it all come together! Hannah and Jayne did an amazing job of creating a indoor/outdoor sets in the woods behind the farm. Roo also had a lot of input into the feel of the shoot as one of the great things about The Farm is that we try to make each theme relevant to the models. It would be a bit ridiculous plonking Roo in a vintage picnic set with cupcakes and balloons for example as that just isn't her!
Yes, as it turns out, Miss Havisham, the aggrieved and decrepit antagonist of Charles Dickens’s novel Great Expectations—the wealthy lady who has never taken off the wedding dress she wore when her…
If you’re new around here, you might be surprised to know I love Halloween. It’s nostalgic, fun, and a good excuse to play a part and decorate a room. Every year I try to do something a bit different (from curiosities, to bones, to creepy chic). In the past it’s mainly been about channeling a look, but this year I had something specific in mind: Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens Great Expectations. It was actually one of you who gave me the idea on Instagram one day, and I forgot how much I enjoyed that story. A few years ago there was a BBC adaptation on PBS, and Miss Havisham and her home were beautifully sad. As a jilted bride she decides to freeze time, keeping her home and herself looking exactly as they did the day she was left at the alter. The problem is the years have not been kind […]
Inspired by the Immortelles on the graves, I dried and pressed daisies which I picked in the grave yards. Reminded of Miss Havershams bouquet I tied some of them into little bunches.
A once sumptuous tiny silk jacket , in eau d nil woven silk and ginger silk velvet. In very poor condition, some shatter to the silk , some missing lining, but, a very rare survivor in any condition , of a childs garment of this type. Suitable for study, framing, or careful display, of the Miss Haversham type. Please see my photographs for size, and some of the worst damage .
I wanted to play Miss Havisham because she's an iconic character who pervades our world in various forms. So many people have written about her or based other characters on her over many decades. I was interested in what it was that was so appealing about her, what it is that seems to get un...
Great Expectations Theatre Breaks in London The 200th birthday of London's favourite author, Charles Dickens, was the perfect time for the stage
Little Miss Haversham poppet, a celebration of my love for the Charles Dickens character, iconic, dramatic and misunderstood. This character repeats through many of my creations and I love to make different versions of her. This Poppet comes with a bustle gown and reversible headdress, maiden waiting to be wed with veil forward, maiden in reverse as scorned bride.
Using only Charles Dickens' extraordinary words and a chameleon ensemble of eight actors, Neil Bartlett's powerful stage version of this much-loved story brings its settings and characters to thrilling theatrical life. From its opening image of little Pip, alone on the windswept marshes, to the haunted darkness of mad Miss Haversham's cobweb-strewn lair, this brand-new adaptation especially commissioned by Aberystwyth Arts Centre takes its audience on a journey right to the heart of Dickens' great exploration of childhood terrors and hopes - and of adult dreams and regrets.
History is literally dying all around us. Decay is nature's process of creative destruction—destroying the old to make way for the new. Andre Govia is on a mission. He is one of an intrepid group of urban
She was dressed in rich materials—satins, and lace, and silks—all of white. Her shoes were white. And she had a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair, but her hair was white. Some bright jewels sparkled on her neck and on her hands, and some other jewels lay sparkling on the table. Dresses, less splendid than the dress she wore, and half-packed trunks were scattered about. She had not quite finished dressing, for she had but one shoe on—the other was on the table near her hand—her veil was half arranged, her watch and chain were not put on, and some lace for her bosom lay with those trinkets and with her handkerchief, and gloves, and some flowers, and a prayer-book, all confusedly heaped about the looking-glass. It was not in the first moments that I saw all these things, though I saw more of them in the first moments than might be supposed. But, I saw that everything within my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago, and had lost its luster, and was faded and yellow. I saw that the bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers, and had no brightness left but the brightness of her sunken eyes. I saw that the dress had been put upon the rounded figure of a young woman, and that the figure upon which it now hung loose, had shrunk to skin and bone. Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly wax-work at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state. Once, I had been taken to one of our old marsh churches to see a skeleton in the ashes of a rich dress, that had been dug out of a vault under the church pavement. Now wax-work and skeleton seemed to have dark eyes that moved and looked at me. I should have cried out, if I could. Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, ed. Edgar Rosenberg (New York: W. W. Norton, 1999), 50. The Dress of English Women during George III's Reign http://www.oldandsold.com/articles09/clothes-28.shtml The High Headdress. This resembled a tower, attaining its greatest height in 1777. Horse hair, tow, hemp and wool were glued together with pomatum and the hair, with false curls and puffs added, fastened up over this pad. The dressing, which concluded with powdering and scenting, required many hours, so that, except for the re-perfuming necessary, it did not have to be repeated for several weeks. At night large caps were drawn over the entire headdress, and special head rests were used as pillows to preserve the shape. For full dress occasions, frilled white caps were placed on top of the headdress; feathers, baskets, ships, strings of pearls or ribbon loops were also used as decoration. A scarf was sometimes wound about a huge pompadour and floated from the shoulders, as in the portrait of Lady Hamilton. In 1780 a very full skirt was held out over a bustle, accompanied by a low-necked, short-waisted bodice with wide revers. A sash was tied in a bow on the bustle . . . A fichu was placed about the low neck and tied in front, terminating in frilled ends below the knees. . . . Bouquets carried in flat glass bottles containing water were fastened to the waist, in 1770. . . . Footgear. The low shoe became slender after 1780, and developed a French heel. . . . The Hair. With the revival of natural hair, that of the women was worn curled across the forehead and gathered in a knot of loose ringlets on top of the head. http://locksofelegance.blogspot.com/2011/09/curly-regency-hairstyle.html http://locksofelegance.blogspot.com/2012/01/classic-georgian-hairstyle.html I crossed the staircase landing, and entered the room she indicated. From that room too, the daylight was completely excluded, and it had an airless smell that was oppressive. A fire had been lately kindled in the damp old-fashioned grate, and it was more disposed to go out than to burn up, and the reluctant smoke which hung in the room seemed colder than the clearer air — like our own marsh mist. Certain wintry branches of candles on the high chimney-piece faintly lighted the chamber, or, it would be more expressive to say, faintly troubled its darkness. It was spacious, and I dare say had once been handsome, but every discernible thing in it was covered with dust and mould, and dropping to pieces. The most prominent object was a table with a long tablecloth spread on it, as if a feast had been in preparation when the house and the clocks stopped all together. An epergne or centre-piece of some kind was in the middle of this cloth; it was so heavily overhung with cobwebs that its form was quite indistinguishable; and, as I looked along the yellow expanse out of which I remember its seeming to grow, like a black fungus, I saw speckle-legged spiders with blotchy bodies run home to it, and running out from it, as if some circumstance of the greatest public importance had just transpired in the spider community. . . . "I can't guess what it is, ma'am." "It's a great cake. A bride cake. Mine!" Dickens, 103–104.
Since we have such a thriving Phantom-themed costume thread in the ALW Musical section, I thought it might be apropos for us to have a separate thread for the p
Detail of 1/6th set. Foam core, plastic, tile, bass and balsa wood, stain, paint, plexi, decals, wax, found objects, webbing spray.
One of the most polarizing aspects of Great Expectations 2011 is Gillian Anderson’s portrayal of Miss Havisham. Many people loved it; as many hated it. At 43 years of age, some critics regard…
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Jane Lewson - a likely model for Dickens's Miss Havisham - reputedly lived to 116 in a gloomy, grimy mansion, never washing or changing her ...
