Dickens' Children

Dickens' Children

Dickens' Children

Charles Dickens, Nick Warburton

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Dickens' Children

Dickens' Children

Charles Dickens, Nick Warburton

Overview

This is Charles Dickens the social reformer linking cameo child scenes from Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, Bleak House and David Copperfield. One actor plays the adult Dickens and the main child part in each scene while the other 6 actors play a selection of roles, both adult and child, and act as narrators. Within the space of one act, Nick Warburton conveys the humour, pathos and poetry of Dickens.

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  • Genre: Adaptation (Literature), Period
  • Time Period: 19th Century
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11-13), Teen (Age 14-18)

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens, one of the most popular and prolific writers of the nineteenth century, was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsea, England, to John and Elizabeth Dickens. His father was a clerk in the Naval Pay Office, and in 1824, he was arrested for debt. While his family w ...
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