Dickens' Children

Dickens' Children

Dickens' Children

Charles Dickens, Nick Warburton

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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Details

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

Authors

Author

Charles Dickens

Author

Nick Warburton