Theatre books
Robert Tanitch reviews two books OLIVER! A Dickensian musical by Marc Napolitano (Oxford University Press, £22.99). Charles Dickens’s novels were so popular that they were staged instantly – sometimes ...
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Why we still love Victorian literature
The world of film and television seems obsessed with the novels by authors from the nineteenth century. The Victorian era brought us some of the most famous writers of English literature and their st ...
A treat for all lovers of Charles Dickens’s novels
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs DICKENSIAN (BBC). The BBC has always done Charles Dickens proud. Tony Jordan’s 20 half-hour instalments re-imagine the iconic characters from Great Expectations, ...
What the Dickens!
Charles Dickens was arguably one of our most popular authors and despite dying 136 years ago, we are all aware of his intriguing characters who still feature in film, television and radio today. Even ...