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Dickens in London

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Dickens in London, The Inimitable

Though not yet 60, Dickens is an old man now, and performing his readings take its toll.

Though not yet 60, Dickens is an old man now, and performing his popular readings take its toll. Stars Antony Sher.

by Michael Eaton

Dickens is an old man now, though he's not even sixty. His aching feet draw him irresistibly towards London's East End. All around he sees the same want and ignorance he wrote about all those years ago.
Why is he doing all these public readings? He can fool himself that it's because he wants the contact with his readers - no writer before him has ever had such an adoring Public - but is there another reason ? 

Based on A Small Star in the East and On An Amateur Beat - written in 1869; and the reading of Sikes and Nancy - first given on his reading tour in 1868 and performed finally in 1870, three months before his death.


Inimitable ..... Antony Sher
Young Gentleman / Younger Self ..... Samuel Barnett
Mamie / Nurse ..... Sally Orrock
Creature ..... Ryan Watson
Dolby / Cabbie ..... Brian Bowles
Little Girl / Child ..... Deeivya Meir

Music by Neil Brand.

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