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Whether you're in the mood for a peaceful countryside stroll or a family-friendly outing, a new book by map experts Ordnance Survey has ...
London’s literary landscape is littered with unforgotten words. Some real, some the stuff of legends. During a Bloomsbury pub ...
A one-man show about William Charles Macready, one of the most prominent actor-managers of the 1800s - and Charles Dickens' best friend - is coming to York. 'Macready! Dickens’ Theatrical Friend ...
Charles Dickens, the National Gallery and Dame Judi Dench all play a role in the history of this Regency theatre, reveals Becca Woollam ...
Charles Dickens is believed to have stayed there in 1838 while gathering material for Nicholas Nickleby. Despite its historic significance, the building was eventually repurposed into a care home.
A one-man show about William Charles Macready, one of the most prominent actor-managers of the 1800s, is coming to York.
“For gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feelings than the fumes of charcoal,” Dickens wrote in Nicholas Nickleby. The dangers of ...
Ralph Nickleby plotting yet more evil, and Nicholas hurrying to London to protect his sister. Soon he is in love - with a typical Dickensian child-woman who is about to be sold by her father into ...
At the Tony Awards, he won Best Direction of a Musical for Les Misérables and Best Direction of a Play for The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Additionally, he earned the Best Director ...