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What the Dickens?

About the Show

Charles Dickens’ reading of A Christmas Carol isn’t going to plan: he finds himself re-cast as Scrooge, with his past, present and future being played out, as presented by two women he mistreated: his wife Catherine and his mistress, the actress Ellen Ternan, who was only 19 when Dickens first approached her – at the age of 45.

Cast

Clive Hayward Charles Dickens
Karen Ascoe Catherine Dickens
Rosalind Ford Ellen Ternan/voice/cello
Alexander Knox actor/accordion
Clare Norburn voice/actor/percussion
Steven Edis keyboard

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