Andersen's English
From: Tuesday, 2nd March 2010
To: Saturday, 6 March 2010
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Synopsis
Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at the home of Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family, in the Kent marshes. To the lonely and eccentric guest, members of Dickens’s household seem to live a life of unattainable bliss. But, with his broken English, Andersen doesn’t at first see the storms brewing within the family.
Our Review:
3 March 2010
Everybody has heard of Charles Dickens, the literary saviour of the lower classes and Hans Christian Andersen the famous children’s writer. But not many people are aware that the pair spent a fair bit of time together, during some of the most turbulent moments in Dickens’ private life.
It is during this period that Out of Joint’s latest production is set, which is slightly out of kilter to the type of material and subject matter that we have come to recognise over the years with OOJ's name, but it is not the material or in fact the script that lets this production down.
Sebastian Barry’s text if a little lacking of the part of Hans Andersen (given the title) is on the whole well balanced and offers a dramatic insight into the slightly eccentric life of Andersen and the heavy controlling nature of Dickens towards his wife and children. David Rintoul as Dic...
Creative
Sebastian Barry (Author)
Out of Joint (Company)
Max Stafford-Clark (Director)
Lucy Osborne (Design)
Tim Bray (Lighting)
Carolyn Downing (Sound)
Julian Littman (Musical Director)
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