Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens by Emlyn Williams


The original text

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

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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