Charles Dickens: Celebrity Author - Audio
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 12 years ago - ★★★★ - 24 ratingsCharles Dickens was not only the most famous writer of his day, but, during the second half of his career, also a prominent public figure known through his readings and speeches. He cultivated, and relished, a close relationship with the vast audiences who came to hear him, in towns and cities throughout Britain, and in the USA. His readings appealed to his own deep instinct in support of the development of the imagination of the people, and also acknowledged the common Victorian pastime of domestic literary recitation. As an actor he took on the visage and gestures as well as the voice of his characters; audiences were spellbound.
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Episodes
The First Public Reading 1853
February 03, 2012 05:45 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBHow Dickens started his reading career with A Christmas Carol - a reading he did for charity - in Birmingham Town Hall.
Transcript -- The First Public Reading 1853
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Dickens The Performer
February 03, 2012 05:44 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBDickens first love wasn't writing, it was acting. In this programme we look at Dickens love of acting and the theatre.
Transcript -- Dickens The Performer
February 03, 2012 05:44 - 27.9 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Dickens first love wasn't writing, it was acting. In this programme we look at Dickens love of acting and the theatre.
From Novels to Readings 1858
February 03, 2012 05:43 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBHow Dickens began his professional career reading for his own profit initiating a new and brilliant phase in his career.
Transcript -- From Novels to Readings 1858
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The American Tour
February 03, 2012 05:42 - 13 minutes - 12 MBWe look at how in 1867 Charles Dickens embarked on an exhausting 19 week tour of America as one of the world's first 'celebrity authors'.
Transcript -- The American Tour
February 03, 2012 05:42 - 29.2 KB application/pdfTranscript -- We look at how in 1867 Charles Dickens embarked on an exhausting 19 week tour of America as one of the world's first 'celebrity authors'.
The Farewell Tour
February 03, 2012 05:41 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBIn October 1868 Charles Dickens farewell tour began but had to be cut short on account of his failing health.
Transcript -- The Farewell Tour
February 03, 2012 05:41 - 29 KB application/pdfTranscript -- In October 1868 Charles Dickens farewell tour began but had to be cut short on account of his failing health.