In The Guardian, Stephen Moss writes about how the new show makes him want to start reading Dickens again. Some of his compliments to the author are a bit backhanded, and he really needs to start his reread with Oliver Twist, because his descriptions of the characters from memory are nothing like the actual characters. He actually thinks of Bill Sikes as a "comedy villain," for instance. (I'm guessing he's more familiar with Oliver! the musical than Oliver the novel.) However, his praise of the show is sincere and his desire to go back to Dickens an excellent sign. "Only [Tony] Jordan has made me want to return to the books and immerse myself in Dickens’ imaginative world again," he writes. I hope the same will be true of many more viewers.
Post a comment
Comments are moderated, and will not appear until the author has approved them.
Your Information
(Name and email address are required. Email address will not be displayed with the comment.)
There simply must be a way for us to see this show...As for those commenters who don't like Dickens, I must simply, like Jo, sweep them from me as Victorian "dust" (which, we know from the writings of Judith Flanders and others) was mostly dried horses--t. Happy new year, and bless you, Gina, for your ever-vigilant eye for the Dickens news of the world.
Posted by: Christopher Lord | January 03, 2016 at 03:19 AM