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The 1845 production of "Cricket on the Hearth" was also the debut of the Keely's daughter Mary.

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2020-03-20

Seen with flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boats (gondola) mid 1800 dress & attire. The men are wearing wigs. From 1857 (loose plate) "Mr. Sparkler under a Reverse of Circumstances" by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) from the Charles Dickens's book titled Little Dorrit.

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2020-03-20

Here is little Tina Trueheart waiting to go onstage for the debut in the role of the baby in "Cricket on the Hearth" in the frontispiece for Mowatt's "Mimic Life" (1854) in which her story, "The Prompter's Daughter," appears.

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2020-03-19

The production of "Cricket on the Hearth" described in the story "The Prompter's Daughter" by was probably based on this Dec. 1845 production at the (see the little baby in the back?)

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2020-03-19

Also spending journey accompanied by the wonderful book "#Dickens's Katey" which I'm well into.

Pencil in hand to continue my notations!

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2020-02-19

Here is a better inadvertent find - beloved husband and wife comedy team, the Keeleys, starring in an adaptation of Dickens' Christmas story "The Battle of Life" at the in 1846. Mowatt later worked with the Keeleys at the Marylebone and the Olympic.

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2020-02-05

A gorgeous 1870s dress of mauve and floral printed silk, trimmed with velvet and lace from The John Bright Collection. This style was popularly known as the 'Dolly Varden,' after a character in Charles Dickens' novel Barnaby Rudge.

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2020-01-13

Illustration by Arthur Rackham for Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"

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2019-12-26

Experience this magical, original interpretation of a Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol' at Until 11 Jan. See the trailer & BOOK TODAY > https://t.co/z5Nd5ZoEQS

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2019-12-25

from the Special Collections & Archives team! We hope you're all celebrating in style just like Mr Fezziwig's Ball from Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (6th edition, 1844, 19th C. Coll. 823.83 DIC)

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2019-12-25

classic "A Christmas Carol" was first published 1843, two years after Dickens joined as a founder member.
Here's our 1845 edition of a much-loved classic:

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2019-12-19

Experience this magical, original interpretation of a Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol' at Until 11 Jan. See the trailer & BOOK TODAY > https://t.co/z5Nd5ZoEQS

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2019-12-14

Experience this magical, original interpretation of a Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol' at Until 11 Jan. See the trailer & BOOK TODAY > https://t.co/z5Nd5ZoEQS

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2019-11-30

Official poster for FX's A Christmas Carol, starring Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis and Tom Hardy. Premieres December 19th.
Can't wait for this. A Christmas Carol is my fave Charles Dickens' tale

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2019-11-21

Illustration from Charles Dickens' novel The Old Curiosity Shop

🎨 Little Nell by H.M. Paget

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2019-11-16

So I want to create a map of Dickens's journey through Italy. Before I get my pen and rulers out, I have to ask you good people of twitter - *surely* there must be an app or a programme for this? I suspect it's beyond googlemaps, but any suggestions gratefully received!

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2019-11-10

to Twitter queries, our Dickens expert, Philip Allingham, has produced a chart of children (see 4 of them below), with links to accounts of each of them. See the power of Twitter! https://t.co/3cO0C6NXYj

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2019-09-28

Victorian literature gave us some of our most enduring Based on Dickens' 1843 novella, here we have several types: a ghost; a corpse; a thieving servant; and miserly gentleman:

'A Christmas Carol' (1910) dir. J. Searle Dawley.

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2019-09-11

10 July 1844: Still, there's a brightside to Dickens' TripAdvisor review of Chalons - "You would probably like it better, however, than Lyons".

Statement from Lyons:

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2019-07-10

Priestly, Shakespeare and Dickens' greatest enemy...

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2019-05-10