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Tag: Charles Dickens

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OLIVER! (Quintessence): Eat gruel, get pickpocketed, and become an orphan

Sarah Paulos December 5, 2018 No Comments

Stepping back to a Victorian workhouse with Quintessence Theatre Group.

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (McCarter): One for past and present, but unfortunately not future

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper December 23, 2015 No Comments

After this year, a holiday tradition will be refreshed. Here’s wishing it would remain.

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Mechanical): A clever take on Dickens’ holiday classic

Debra Miller December 18, 2015 No Comments

A witty new adaptation of Dickens’ Christmas classic is performed in under an hour by a cast of three in a beautiful historic setting.

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THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT: A GRAVEYARD CABARET (REV Theatre): 2015 Fringe review 60

Henrik Eger September 20, 2015 No Comments

Charles Dickens comes undead at this haunting site-specific show.

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Josh Carpenter (left) as Pip and Sally Mercer as Miss Havisham in the Arden Theatre Company’s GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Photo by Mark Garvin.
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Arden): Exceeds all expectations

Nicholas Ryan November 3, 2014 No Comments

With a perfect combination of passion, pride, storytelling, and imagination, the Arden Theatre Company’s production of GREAT EXPECTATIONS is a thrilling night of theater.

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“Great Expectations” at Curio Theatre

Christopher Munden February 21, 2011 No Comments

Charles Dickens asked in his will that no memorials be erected to him and so the life-size sculpture of the author in Clarke Park in…

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