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Dickens' Children

Short Play, Drama  /  7any gender (adult)

Charles Dickens, Nick Warburton

Dickens' Children
by Charles Dickens, adapted by Nick Warburton

This is Charles Dickens the social reformer linking cameo child scenes from Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, Bleak House and David Cop…

Dickens' Children

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Literature), Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
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.
Performing Groups
7 actors (minimum).
  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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Charles Dickens

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Nick Warburton

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