Dickens' Women

Dickens' Women
Written by	Miriam Margolyes Sonia Fraser
Characters	23 characters from Dickens' fiction and life
Date premiered	1989
Place premiered	Edinburgh Festival
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Dickens' Women is a one person show written by Miriam Margolyes and Sonia Fraser and starring Margolyes.

The play includes 23 different characters (male and female) based on or inspired by characters in Charles Dickens' novels.

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the "elegantly crafted production puts the focus on the storyteller" (Dickens), highlighting his "obsession with youthful beauty and his baffling relationships with his sisters-in-law".^[1] The Age noted that it "combines character sketches, short readings, biographical material and mordant commentary".^[2]

The show was developed in 1989 for the Edinburgh Festival^[3], and Margolyes has taken it on tour worldwide^[3], including a 2007 tour to Australia and New Zealand.

References

1. ^ Bryce Hallett (August 23, 2007). "Dickens' Women". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts-reviews/dickens-women/2007/08/23/1187462391176.html. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
2. ^ Cameron Whitehead (September 24, 2007). "Dickens' Women". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts-reviews/dickens-women/2007/09/24/1190486196867.html. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Helen Sims (30 November 2007). "Miriam Margolyes on Dickens’ Women". The Lumière Reader. http://www.lumiere.net.nz/reader/item/1415. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 

External links

• Official website

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