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''Charles Dickens''. A one man show by the Welsh actor-playwright [[Emlyn Williams]] about Dickens’s public readings.  
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[[Charles Dickens]] is the name of an author as well as the name of a one-man stage performance by the author.
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=[[Charles Dickens]] the author and performer=
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=''[[Charles Dickens]]'' by [[Emlyn Williams]]=
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This is one man show originally written and performed by the Welsh actor-playwright [[Emlyn Williams]] and replicating [[Charles Dickens]]’s famous public readings.  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
1954: Brought to South Africa by [[Brian Brooke]] to perform at the [[Wits Great Hall|Wits University Great Hall]] in September 1954.
 
1954: Brought to South Africa by [[Brian Brooke]] to perform at the [[Wits Great Hall|Wits University Great Hall]] in September 1954.

Revision as of 07:35, 5 August 2017

Charles Dickens is the name of an author as well as the name of a one-man stage performance by the author.

Charles Dickens the author and performer

Charles Dickens by Emlyn Williams

This is one man show originally written and performed by the Welsh actor-playwright Emlyn Williams and replicating Charles Dickens’s famous public readings.

Performance history in South Africa

1954: Brought to South Africa by Brian Brooke to perform at the Wits University Great Hall in September 1954.

1981: Williams visited South Africa again, marking the 30th anniversary of Emlyn Williams as Charles Dickens, this time presented by The Company at the Market Theatre and the Baxter Theatre.

Sources

Theatre programme, 1981.


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