September 2011
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Charles Dickens at 200 →
Current exhibit at The Morgan Library & Museum
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Dr Marigold and Mr Chops: The Oxford Playhouse →
‘It was heard from beginning to end with the deepest attention and most manifest delight.” Thus reported The Times on the first public performance by Charles Dickens in 1866 of his short story (now monologue) Dr Marigold’s Prescription, which its indefatigable creator had rehearsed a mind-boggling 200 times.
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Oliver Twist may not have been Dickens'... →
Real-life child thief may have inspired artful Dodger in Oliver Twist
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A real Dickens of a pub mystery →
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Sir Ian McKellen to buy 300-year-old pub in London →
Specifically, a pub that inspired Charles Dickens:
In the Dickens novel Our Mutual Friend, he calls it The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. It’s claimed he was made to stand on one of the tables as a child and sing to the patrons.
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'Olivia Twisted' to Pillage Dickens Classic, Will... →
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“Olivia Twisted” is billed as “an ultramodern take” on Charles Dickens’ novel, “Oliver Twist.” It will focus on a female lead (that’s Olivia, for those of you whose eyes have rolled so far back in their head that they’ve been unable to read for a few moments) and some sort of insane plot that involves “highly trained street urchins” and “a turf war” in a film that will apparently...
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Dickens fans divided over £120K statue plans →
Charles Dickens enthusiasts are divided in their opinion of a controversial new statue planned for the legendary 19th century author.
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Invisible Ink: No 91 - Charles Dickens →
Great writers tend to have their leading works repeatedly cherry-picked, until we remember only those that become more familiar with each generation…
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Matthew Rhys cast in Edwin Drood →
Matthew Rhys has landed the lead role in a major BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’s great unfinished work The Mystery Of Edwin Drood.
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Royal Shakespeare Company's 50th Anniversary... →
Sunday 4th September also sees the iconic RSC production The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby makes a welcome return in the form of a celebration event. The original play ran at eight-and-a-half hours, playing over two performances and began life in 1980 at The Aldwych, the RSC’s London base at the time, before going on to be a Broadway hit.
Original cast members in attendance...
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BBC drama to complete Charles Dickens's unfinished... →
I don’t quite agree that they’re risking fans’ ire, because if I trust anyone to craft a satisfying ending to Drood (not to mention a good adaptation), it’s the BBC!
The BBC is risking the ire of Charles Dickens’s fans with a new BBC Two adaptation of his unfinished final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
