The Mystery Of Charles Dickens
This adaptation of the one-man show in which Simon Callow toured, also features his voice as he becomes Charles Dickens, travelling to a land of pompous beadles and drunken midwives, and on through Europe and America for infamous adventures and the most fashionable society parties.
This adaptation of the one-man show in which Simon Callow toured, also features his voice as he becomes Charles Dickens, travelling to a land of pompous beadles and drunken midwives, and on through Europe and America for infamous adventures and the most fashionable society parties.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780563536505 (0563536500)
Publish date: January 7th 2002
Publisher: BBC Consumer Publishing
Minutes: 2
Edition language: English
A short but informative performance by Simon Callow, with the script written by Peter Ackroyd. While I may have had my issues with Ackroyd in Albion, what he created here was an amazing look - brief but in depth - at a famous figure in English Literature. The bones might be his but Callow makes this...
bookshelves: britain-england, fraudio, amusing, victoriana, play-dramatisation, dickensphenalia, published-2002 Read in October, 2009 ** spoiler alert ** Blurb - In his exhilarating one-man show, Simon Callow brings Charles Dickens to life, as well as some of his best-loved characters.The play w...
Good companion to Ackroyd’s book and TV program. Wonderfully written and superbly acted.
Blurb - In his exhilarating one-man show, Simon Callow brings Charles Dickens to life, as well as some of his best-loved characters.The play was written by Peter Ackroyd, author of the definitive Charles Dickens biography. As well as recreating scenes from Dickens' novels, Ackroyd also explores the ...
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