![]() Simon Callow, who portrayed Dickens, was considered apt since he possessed extensive knowledge of the author and had experience playing the character and recreating his public readings. Buy Charles Dickens And The Great Theatre Of The World by Simon Callow from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK. Both intensely dramatic and profoundly heart-warming, the classic story is placed at the heart of this production. Old bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Simon Callow) who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve. With Simon Callow, Kate Winslet, Nicolas Cage, Jane Horrocks. In other words, he's voicing not just Dickens but 49 of his creatures as well, from Little Nell to Bill Sykes, and he plays Dickens playing his creations. Actor and Charles Dickens expert Simon Callow connected with the episode as he felt that writer Mark Gatiss knew 'exactly what Dickens is all about'. An adaptation of Charles Dickens’ much-loved novel, A Christmas Carol sees Simon Callow, together with director and designer Tom Cairns, conjure up a moving, funny and fast-paced one-man spectacular. Christmas Carol: The Movie: Directed by Jimmy T. In a curious preamble, Simon Callow says his solo performance is "not really about playing Charles Dickens", rather a "living biography" in which he tells the author's life through characters. Ebeneezer Scrooge, the miserly owner of an old counting house, is visited by the ghost of his dead business partner, Jacob Marley, on Christmas Eve. The Saturday Play: The Mystery of Charles Dickensįirst broadcast: Sat 29th Dec 2001, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM A Christmas Carol: Directed by Tom Cairns. A fascinating insight into the circumstances how he never quite managed to escape the dark shadows cast by his earlier life. Dickens Christmas Multi-talented Simon Callow, who has triumphantly brought Charles Dickens to audiences worldwide in his award-winning show The Mystery of Charles Dickens, now brings him to life on the page, lovingly re-creating the phenomenon of Christmas that fascinated the great novelist. Charles Dickens Antiquarian & Collectible Book Sets Charles Dickens. Such experiences moulded this lonely and unusual child into the fiercely industrious and highly ambitious writer who would later claim that his characters talked to and touched him. With a father imprisoned for debt, young Charles was deprived of an education and forced to work in a blacking factory. An idyllic childhood in Chatham was swapped for his family's penurious existence in London, the city which would later provide the canvas for many of his greatest works. Readings from Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield and many of his other novels interweave with the author's own words and an incisive, compassionate narrative. In this tour-de-force performance, Simon Callow portrays not only Charles Dickens but also many of his best-loved characters, from Mr Micawber and Bill Sikes to Oliver Twist and even Nancy. Aside from appearing in Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Shakespeare in Love, Callow has performed in several Dickens stories, including a one-man adaptation of A Christmas Carol for the BBC. The Mystery of Charles Dickens by Peter Ackroyd, read by Simon Callow
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