03068nam 2200673 a 450 991081148890332120200520144314.01-383-04143-11-280-84110-90-19-153371-81-4294-5939-5(CKB)1000000000471477(EBL)415151(OCoLC)476240435(SSID)ssj0000120152(PQKBManifestationID)11141034(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000120152(PQKBWorkID)10080913(PQKB)11345424(Au-PeEL)EBL415151(CaPaEBR)ebr10271503(CaONFJC)MIL84110(Au-PeEL)EBL7033722(MiAaPQ)EBC415151(EXLCZ)99100000000047147720060823d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCharles Dickens and his performing selves[electronic resource] Dickens and the public readings /Malcolm AndrewsOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (346 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-923620-8 0-19-927069-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; A Premiere: New York, December 1867; 1. A Community of Readers; 2. Reading, Reciting, Acting; 3. Impersonation; 4. Celebrity on Tour; 5. Performance; 6. A 'New Expression of the Meaning of my Books'; Finale: London, March 1870; Appendix: Schedule of the Public Readings; Abbreviations; Notes; IndexCharles Dickens's public readings have not had the attention they deserve; and yet Dickens put as much effort into perfecting his performances as he did with his novels. These performances were sensational events and won Dickens thousands of new admirers. This book tells that story and brings the events alive, with more detail than ever before. - ;Charles Dickens had three professional careers: novelist, journalist and public Reader. That third career has seldom been given the serious attention it deserved. For the last 12 years of his life he toured Britain and America giving 2-hour readings Oral interpretation of fictionHistory19th centuryOral readingHistory19th centuryPerforming artsGreat BritainHistory19th centuryPerforming arts in literatureStage adaptationsOral interpretation of fictionHistoryOral readingHistoryPerforming artsHistoryPerforming arts in literature.Stage adaptations.823/.8Andrews Malcolm460491MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811488903321Charles Dickens and his performing selves1125389UNINA