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Sikes & Nancy
Charles Dickens adapted ‘Sikes & Nancy’ from the grislier material in
Oliver Twist. It became the most notorious of his legendary Public
Readings: a masterpiece of high Gothic melodrama. Audiences were
shocked into silence. Women would scream and faint. ‘I shall tear myself
to pieces’ Dickens vowed before one performance. He surely did – It is
now thought that the strain of ‘The Murder’ hastened Dickens’s early
death.
“It was one of the most engaging and captivating hours of
Oliver Twist. It became the most notorious of his legendary Public
Readings: a masterpiece of high Gothic melodrama. Audiences were
shocked into silence. Women would scream and faint. ‘I shall tear myself
to pieces’ Dickens vowed before one performance. He surely did – It is
now thought that the strain of ‘The Murder’ hastened Dickens’s early
death.
“It was one of the most engaging and captivating hours of
2.30PM AND 7.30pm
From £10-£12
From £10-£12
Cliffs Pavilion, Station Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS0 7RA
Thu 2 Oct 2014
Website:
southendtheatres.org.uk
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