
Dickens' Women
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Miriam Margolyes
From Little Nell to Miss Havisham, Dickens’ Women tells the story of Charles Dickens’ life through his beloved characters. Cowritten and performed by Miriam Margolyes, best known for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, this one-women show is a celebration of her infectious passion for Dickens’ work.
Taking on 23 different Dickensian characters, many of whom were inspired by real people such as Mary Hogwarth, Dickens' sister-in-law, Margolyes showcases her astonishing versatility as a performer.
Dickens’ Women delighted audiences across the world in 2012 as Margolyes took her Olivier nominated show on tour for the bicentenary of Dickens' birth.
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Brilliant evening with a gifted actress
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Brilliant!
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In just under 90 minutes, Ms. Margolyes delivers an interpretation of more than 10 central and peripheral characters in Dickens' novels and short stories. In doing so she dignifies forever the role of the actor in society, revealing the ways in which the women in Dickens' life informed his characters -- and how his rendering of these characters revealed the authors' life -- including its more demonic sides.
With only a few rare exceptions, I have never felt as riveted to any recorded performance as much as this. Margolyes is a master of voice and character in her readings, so much so that she puts the garden variety book performer to shame.
In addition, her revelatory interpretations of female characters from a dozen novels and short pieces illuminate the themes and dramatic strategies of the works in a manner that has eluded the best of critics.
The readings run deeply enough to bear repeated listening. You may not love Dickens, the man, as much as you did when you started, but you will want to read more of his work sooner than later.
A triumph for a song.
RSC's Miriam Margolyes Bravura Performance
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Entertaining and thought provoking
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A Joy
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Miriam Margolyes may well be the most brilliant voice artist we have among us. In this performance she includes passages from Dickens' novels that depict some of her favorite female characters. Miss Margolyes combines her own commentary on Dickens himself with a rollicking musical accompaniment. She made me laugh and she made me weep.
Brava. Miriam
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