Little Dorrit
A jailed debtor refuses to marry an heiress until she loses her fortune and he gains another. A roughly 20-minute condensation of the original British production survives.
A jailed debtor refuses to marry an heiress until she loses her fortune and he gains another. A roughly 20-minute condensation of the original British production survives.
Lady Tree
Mrs. Clenman
Langhorn Burton
Arthur Clenman
Joan Morgan
Amy Dorrit
Compton Coutts
Pancks
J. Denton-Thompson
John Chivers
George Foley
Merdle
George Bellamy
Fred Dorrit
Arthur Walcott
Flintwick
Judd Green
Old Bob
A jailed debtor refuses to marry an heiress until she loses her fortune and he gains another. A roughly 20-minute condensation of the original British production survives.
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