Celebrate 183 years of A Christmas Carol with three members of Charles Dickens’ own family, in a house the author himself once visited.
The evening begins with ‘Dickens and Christmas’, a talk by author, lecturer and broadcaster Lucinda Hawksley, Dickens’ great-great-great-granddaughter. This is followed by an hour-long performance of A Christmas Carol by Mark Dickens, the author’s great-great-grandson, and his son Oliver Dickens, a great-great-great-grandson and classically trained actor. Using the abridged text Dickens himself performed during his celebrated public readings, Mark and Oliver recreate the story in the manner the author originally presented it.
The occasion has a wonderful connection to The Sherborne. Dickens was a close friend of Victorian actor-manager William Charles Macready, who lived at Sherborne House between 1850 and 1860, and was a frequent visitor during those years.
Your evening programme
- 5pm–7pm | Talk and performance
- 7pm–7.30pm | Q&A and book signing