Miriam Margolyes celebrates 200 years of Dickens on stage and screen

Actress Miriam Margolyes opened a new exhibition at The Charles Dickens Museum celebrating the adaptations of the author's work and his love of performing (Image: Dickens House Museum)

Actor Miriam Margolyes has opened an exhibition celebrating 200 years of Charles Dickens’ work on stage and screen  – from Oliver! to The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Showtime! at The Dickens Museum in Doughty Street also celebrates the author’s love of acting, theatre, and performing public readings of his novels.

She was joined at the launch by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley, writer and great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens, and museum director Frankie Kubicki. […]

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Miriam Margolyes at The Charles Dickens Museum. Image credit: Dickens House Museum